SOLUTION: Tickets for a high school talent show were $5 for students and $7 for adults. A total of 268 people attended the show. The school collected $1594 in ticket sales. Which system of l

Question 1117045: Tickets for a high school talent show were $5 for students and $7 for adults. A total of 268 people attended the show. The school collected $1594 in ticket sales. Which system of linear equations can be used to find how many student tickets were sold?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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x + y = 268 (1) (counting people) 5x + 7y = 1594 (2) (counting dollars) where x = # of students and y = # of adults.

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Tickets for a high school talent show were $5 for students and $7 for adults. A total of 268 people attended the show. The school collected $1594 in ticket sales. Which system of linear equations can be used to find how many student tickets were sold?

Whichever of the 100 systems you provided, or maybe there's more than one!
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