SOLUTION: For a certain event, 821 tickets were sold, for a total of $1933. If students paid $2 per ticket and nonstudents paid $3 per ticket, how many student tickets were sold?

Question 491436: For a certain event, 821 tickets were sold, for a total of $1933. If students paid $2 per ticket and nonstudents paid $3 per ticket, how many student tickets were sold?

Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If students and ticket and non-students ticket are and ,
and tickets were sold, we have
..........1

for a total of $, students paid $2 per ticket and non-students paid $3 per ticket
..........2
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..........1 ...solve for
....plug it in 2

..........2
..solve for

........ non-student tickets were sold

......... student tickets were sold

........total cost of student tickets
........total cost of non-student tickets

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