Number of child tickets bought is 20
Given that It cost 5 dollars for a child ticket and 8 dollars for a adult ticket
cost of each child ticket = 5 dollars
cost of each adult ticket = 8 dollars
Let "c" be the number of child tickets bought
Let "a" be the number of adult tickets bought
Total tickets sold were 110 bringing in 820 dollars
Number of child tickets bought + number of adult tickets bought = 110
c + a = 110 ----- eqn 1
Also we can frame a equation as:
Number of child tickets bought x cost of each child ticket + number of adult tickets bought x cost of each adult ticket = 820
[tex]c \times 5 + a \times 8 = 820[/tex]
5c + 8a = 820 -------- eqn 2
Let us solve eqn 1 and eqn 2 to find values of "c" and "a"
From eqn 1,
a = 110 - c ------ eqn 3
Substitute eqn 3 in eqn 2
5c + 8(110 - c) = 820
5c + 880 - 8c = 820
-3c = - 60
c = 20
Therefore from eqn 3,
a = 110 - 20 = 90
a = 90
Therefore number of child tickets bought is 20
