The theater holds 250 people last last nights performance was sold out, students under the age of 16 paid $2.50 per ticket, but everyone else in the theater paid four dollars. Last night show brought in $910 how many people were under the age of 16 and how many were older than 16 that went to the show?

there were 60 people that are under 16 and 190 people above 16.

let's solve your equation step-by-step.

4x+2=2x+12

step 1: subtract 2x from both sides.

4x+2−2x=2x+12−2x

2x+2=12

step 2: subtract 2 from both sides.

2x+2−2=12−2

2x=10

step 3: divide both sides by 2.

2x

2

=

10

2

x=5

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