SOLUTION: Tickets for a school concert were priced at $3 for students and $14 for non-students. There were twice as many student tickets sold as non-student tickets for a total of $1,000.

Question 522334: Tickets for a school concert were priced at $3 for students and $14 for non-students. There were twice as many student tickets sold as non-student tickets for a total of $1,000.
How many student tickets were sold?
How many non-student tickets were sold?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
S = number of student tickets
N = number of non-student tickets

S = 2N
3S + 14N = 1000

Use substitution.

3(2N) + 14N = 1000
20N = 1000
N = 50

There were 100 student tickets and 50 non-student tickets.
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