SOLUTION: you are selling tickets to the school play. on friday night you made $134 by selling 13 student tickets and 7 adult tickets. On saterday night, you made $108 by selling 10 student

Question 721679: you are selling tickets to the school play. on friday night you made $134 by selling 13 student tickets and 7 adult tickets. On saterday night, you made $108 by selling 10 student tickets and 6 adult tickets. how much do the tickets cost?
total sold=
student tickets - 23
adult tickets - 13
total cost of tickets - 242
what do i do from here?????help?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
With this kind of problem, what they want you to
do is set up 2 equations and solve by some
means- elimination, substitution, etc.
Let = the cost of a student ticket
Let = the cost of an adult ticket
---------------------------------
(1)
(2)
---------------------
Multiply both sides of (1) by
Multiply both sides of (2) by
Then subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(3)

and, since
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
The cost of a student ticket is $6
The cost of an adult ticket is $8
check:
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
OK
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