Tickets for a play cost $3 for children and $10 for adults. A group of 25 people paid a total of $201 for tickets to the play. How many children were in a group?

There were 7 children

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's use x to represent the children and y to represent the adults.

We know they combine to make a group of 25 people so x+y=25

We also know that they paid $201 and that there is $3 per child and $10 for adults so 3x+10y=201

I will solve by substitution.

Solve for y in the first equation

Sub in our value for y into the other equation and solve for x

Step 1) Simplify

Step 2) Subtract 250 from both sides

Step 3) Divide both sides by -7

answer: bea's uncle is 25 years old.

step-by-step explanation:

given the equation , we can say that the variable "x" represents the age of bea's uncle. then to find his age, we need to solve for "x":

we must add 15 to both sides of the equation:

now we need to divide both sides of the equation by 3:

therefore, we can conclude that bea's uncle is 25 years old.