At a local theatre adult tickets cost 8 and student tickets cost 5 at a recent show 500 were sold for a total of 3475 how many adult tickets were sold?
a=# of adult tickets, s=# of student tickets 8a+5s=3475 a+s=500 Solve for s in this equation: s=500-a Now substitute 500-a in for s in the equation 8a+5s=3475: 8a+5(500-a)=3475 8a+2500-5a=3475 3a=975...
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How many tickets were sold in total?
What percentage of either student or adult tickets sales were sold?
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Something is wrong with the math here, if you sold each ticket for only a dollar each, you should have at least 500 dollars but you only have 475. I think someone is flagrantly skimming money in your...