SOLUTION: There were 200 tickets sold for an inter-highs school singing contest. Students ticket cost 20 each wile faculty cost 50 each. The receipts totaled 5200. How many of each type of t
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Question 837702: There were 200 tickets sold for an inter-highs school singing contest. Students ticket cost 20 each wile faculty cost 50 each. The receipts totaled 5200. How many of each type of ticket sold?
Answer by jhunjiro(67) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = student ticket
y = Faculty ticket
Equations from the Problem
eq.1
eq.2
substitution method:
eq.3
substitute eq.3 to eq. 2
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substitute the value of y to eq.3
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