Question

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? it means that dropdown adult tickets and dropdown childrens tickets were sold and they collected a total of dropdown dollars.

Explanation:

In a coordinate - pair $(x,y)$, $x$ represents the number of adult tickets sold and $y$ represents the number of children's tickets sold. We can calculate the total money collected using the ticket - prices. The total money collected from selling $x$ adult tickets at $8$ dollars each and $y$ children's tickets at $5$ dollars each is $8x + 5y$. When $x = 30$ and $y=7$, the total money collected is $8\times30 + 5\times7=240 + 35=275$ dollars.

Answer:

It means that 30 adult tickets and 7 children's tickets were sold and they collected a total of 275 dollars.