The MTC Theater holds 250 people, and last night’s performance sold out! Students under the age of 16 paid $2.50 per ticket, while everyone else paid $4.00 per ticket. Last night’s show brought in $910. Write a system to represent the given equations.

How many adult tickets were sold?

How many under the age of 16 tickets sold

60 children tickets and 190 adult tickets were sold.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the no. of adult tickets sold be 'a'

Let the no. of children tickets sold be 'c'

Total tickets sold = 250

Cost of 1 children ticket = $2.5

Cost of 1 adult ticket = $4

Total money collected= $910

Given that,
a + c = 250
a = 250 - c
4a + 2.5c = 910

Substitute a value
4(250 - c) + 2.5c = 910
1000 - 4c + 2.5c = 910
1000 - 1.5c = 910
-1. 5c = -90
1.5c = 90
c = 90/1.5
c = 60
a + c = 250
a + 60 = 250
a = 190