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#32708

word problem

equations

medium

60 sec

A theater sells two types of tickets: adult tickets for $3 e a c han d c hi l d t i c k e t s f or$ 5 each. The equation above represents the total money collected from ticket sales on a certain day, where $x$ is the number of adult tickets sold and $y$ is the number of child tickets sold. In the equation, what does the number 120 represent?

$3 x + 5 y = 120$

A.

The total number of tickets sold

B.

The total amount of money, in dollars, collected from ticket sales

C.

The cost of one adult ticket

D.

The cost of one child ticket