Asked by lutina

A movie theater sells adult tickets for $12 and child tickets for $7. On Saturday, the theater sold 150 tickets and collected $1,450. Ifarepresents the number of adult tickets andc represents the number of child tickets, which system of equations represents this situation?

A.
12a+7c=150 and a+c=1450

B.
a+c=150 and 12a+7c=1450

C.
a+c=1450 and 12a+7c=150

D.
7a+12c=1450 and a+c=150

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
We need two equations: total tickets and total revenue.

- Total tickets: a + c = 150
- Total revenue: 12a + 7c = 1450

That is option B.