At the movie theater, child admission is $5.10 and adult admission is $9.10. On Monday, 151 tickets were sold for a total sales of $1030.10. How many adult tickets were sold that day?
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Answer: 65Step-by-step explanation:Let "a" represent the number of adult tickets sold. Then the number of child tickets sold is 151-a and the total revenue for the day is ... 9.10·a + 5.10·(151-a) = 1030.10 4a = 260 . . . . . . subtract 770.10 a = 65 . . . . . . . . . divide by 4The number of adult tickets sold on Monday was 65._____Check65 adult tickets and 86 child tickets will produce a revenue of ... 65·9.10 + 86·5.10 = 591.50 + 438.60 = 1030.10 . . . . answer checks OK