SOLUTION: Ben sold some adult tickets & some student tickets for a basketball game. Each adult ticket cost $5 Each student ticket cost $3 Ben collected $180 for the 50 tickets he sold.

Question 28880: Ben sold some adult tickets & some student tickets for a basketball game.
Each adult ticket cost $5
Each student ticket cost $3
Ben collected $180 for the 50 tickets he sold.
1. How many adult tickets did he sell?
2. How many student tickets did he sell?
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Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the adult ticket bve x
Let the childern ticket be y
total tickets sold = 50
x+y=50
solve for y
y=50-x (subsitution)

Cost for adults tickets = $5 so tickets sold for adults -->5x
Cost for childern tickets = $3 so tickets sold for childern = 3y
TOtal cost = $180

Equation:
5x+3y=180
Subsitute
5x+3(50-x)=180
5x+150-3x=180
2x=30
x=15

y=50-15
y=35

Hence, anout 15 adult tickets were sold and about 35 childern tickets were sold.
Paul.

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