SOLUTION: i need help. write a system of equations. The receipts from 300 tickets for a high school program were $650. Adults were charged $2.50 each and the students $1.50. How many

SOLUTION: i need help. write a system of equations. The receipts from 300 tickets for a high school program were $650. Adults were charged $2.50 each and the students $1.50. How many

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Question 458164: i need help.
write a system of equations.
The receipts from 300 tickets for a high school program were $650. Adults were charged $2.50 each and the students $1.50. How many tickets of each kind were sold?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a+s=300 s=300-a
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2.50a+1.50s=650
2.50a+1.50(300-a)=650
2.50a+450-1.50a=650
a=200
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s=300-200
s=100
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