Adult Tickets for a Play Cost $9 and Child Tickets

question 41

Multiple Choice

Adult tickets for a play cost $9 and child tickets cost $1. If there were 22 people at a performance and the theatre collected $182 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play?

• A) 1 child
• B) 2 children
• C) 3 children
• D) 20 children

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