During one performance of a local arts council's presentation of Fiddler on the Roof, the box office sold 218 tickets and collected $1410. If adult tickets sold for $7 and children's tickets sold for $6, how many of each type of ticket were sold?
A)adult tickets sold = 80; children's tickets sold = 141
B)adult tickets sold = 94; children's tickets sold = 80
C)adult tickets sold = 102; children's tickets sold = 116
D)adult tickets sold = 116; children's tickets sold = 102
E)adult tickets sold = 80; children's tickets sold = 94

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Let x be the number of adult tickets sold and y be the number of children's tickets sold.We have the following system of equations:x + y = 2187x + 6y = 1410Solving this system of equations, we get x = 102 and y = 116.Therefore, 102 adult tickets and 116 children's tickets were sold.

During One Performance of a Local Arts Council's Presentation of Fiddler