Each child ticket for a ride costs $3, while each adult ticket costs $5. If the ride collected a total of $150, and 40 tickets were sold, how many of each type of ticket was sold?
1 Answer
Jun 10, 2018
25 child tickets are sold and 15 adult tickets are sold.
Explanation:
Let
Then
Now, for the costs
Since
Since
Therefore, 25 child tickets are sold and 15 adult tickets are sold.