Question

On Sunday, 370 people bought tickets to the county fair. Tickets cost $7 for
adults and $3 for children. The total revenue from ticket sales on Sunday was
$1750. The system of equations below represents the number of people and
total sales for the county fair on Sunday, where x represents the number of
child tickets and y represents the number of adult tickets.
x+y=370
3x+7y=1750
How many child tickets were sold on Sunday?
OA. 180
B. 160
C. 210
D. 220

Answer 1

The number of children ticket sold on Sunday is 210.

How many child tickets were sold?

Given this equations:

x+y=370 equation 1

3x+7y=1750 equation 2

Multiply equation 1 by 7

7x + 7y = 2590 equation 3

Subtract equation 2 from equation 3

4y = 840

Divide both sides by 4

y = 840 / 4

y = 210

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