Question

1. a theater is selling tickets to a play. adult tickets cost $8 each and childrens tickets cost $5 each. they collect $275 after selling x adult tickets and y childrens tickets. what does the point (30, 7) mean in this situation?

Explanation:

In the context, \(x\) represents the number of adult - tickets sold and \(y\) represents the number of children's tickets sold. The point \((30,7)\) is an ordered pair where the first value corresponds to \(x\) and the second to \(y\).

Answer:

The theater sold 30 adult tickets and 7 children's tickets.