A theatre production company donated free tickets for their show to the local Boys & Girls club. They claimed that the ticket value was $306. A child's ticket cost $5.25 and an adult ticket cost $9.75. If there were three times as many children's tickets as adult tickets, how many adults and children got to attend the show for free?

2 answers

adults --- x
children -- 3x

solve:
975x + 525(3x) = 30600
1500x