SOLUTION: There were 213 tickets sold to a school dance. Tickets cost $5 with an activity sticker and $8 without. Tickets sales totaled $1,254. Find the number of each type of ticket sold.

Question 686675: There were 213 tickets sold to a school dance. Tickets cost $5 with an activity sticker and $8 without. Tickets sales totaled $1,254. Find the number of each type of ticket sold.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of $5 tickets bought
Let = number of $8 tickets bought
-----------
(1)
(2)
----------------------
Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(1)

and, since
(1)
(1)
(1)
150 $5 tickets were bought
63 $8 tickets were bought

RELATED QUESTIONS
Tickets for an event cost $5 for children, $10 for adults, and $8 for senior citizens.... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

Eighty tickets were sold for a concert. x tickets were sold for $5 each and the rest of... (answered by lynnlo)

I'm not entirely sure how to do this problem. I need to set up the equation with one... (answered by richwmiller)

Tickets for a dance recital cost $17 for adults and $8 dollars for children. The dance... (answered by josgarithmetic)

A school sold 200 tickets to a play. Ticket prices were $8 per adult and $5 per child. If (answered by nyc_function)

A school sold 200 tickets to a play. Ticket prices were $8 per adult and $5 per child. If (answered by reynard2007)

there were 336 tickets sold for a basketball game. The activity cardholders' tickets cost (answered by checkley77)

Tickets to a school dance cost $5. Ninety tickets have already been sold. How many more... (answered by josmiceli)