SAT Linear equations in two variables Practice Question 6 (Easy)

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A theater sells adult tickets for $\$12$ each and child tickets for $\$8$ each. One evening the theater collected $\$384$ and sold $20$ adult tickets. How many child tickets did it sell?

$12$

$18$

$30$

$48$

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Answer: B

The equation is $12(20) + 8c = 384$ . Then $240 + 8c = 384$ , so $8c = 144$ and $c = 18$ .

Choice D divides the full $\$384$ by 8, ignoring the adult ticket revenue.

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