A theater is selling tickets to a play. Adult tickets cost $8 each and children's tickets cost $5 each. They collect $275 after selling x adults tickets and y children's tickets. What does the point (30,7) mean in this situation.

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Answer:

  • 30 adult tickets
  • 7 children's tickets

Step-by-step explanation:

x and y are defined as the numbers of adult's tickets and the number of children's tickets, respectively. So x=30 means 30 adult tickets; y=7 means 7 children's tickets.

Revenue from sales of those numbers of tickets would be $275.

Answer:

30 adult's tickets were sold and 7 children's ticket were sold.    

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following information in the question:

Cost of Adult's tickets = $8

Cost of Children's ticket = $5

Total money collected = $275

Let x be the number of adult's tickets sold and y be the number of children's ticket sold.

Then, we can write this in the form of equation:

[tex]8x + 5y =275[/tex]

The point (30,7) means that 30 adults ticket were sold and 7 children's ticket were sold.

Putting these value in the equation:

[tex]8x + 5y =275\\8\times 30 + 5\times 7 =240 + 35 = 275[/tex]

which is true.

Thus, 30 adult's tickets were sold and 7 children's ticket were sold.