Pink Young celebrated her 16th birthday at Old Towne Waterpark. Her

family and friends were invited. When her mother did the final count, 200

people were in attendance. Her mother paid $2,377.40 to celebrate Pink's

big day. Adult tickets cost $13.90 and children tickets cost $10.85. How

many (a) adult tickets were purchased and (b) children tickets were

purchased?

Hint: Let A = adult tickets

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Mathematics

Rayan Wong

18 May, 05:55

Pink Young celebrated her 16th birthday at Old Towne Waterpark. Her

family and friends were invited. When her mother did the final count, 200

people were in attendance. Her mother paid $2,377.40 to celebrate Pink's

big day. Adult tickets cost $13.90 and children tickets cost $10.85. How

many (a) adult tickets were purchased and (b) children tickets were

purchased?

Hint: Let A = adult tickets

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Linda Goodwin · Answer 1

85 Adult tickets, 109 Children tickets

Step-by-step explanation:

2,377.40 divided by $13.90 = 171.0359712 = 171 (rounded)

2,377.40 divided by $10.85 = 219.1152074 = 219 (rounded)

171 divided by 2 = 85

219 divided by 2 = 109

85 A

109 B