SOLUTION: The attendance at a baseball game was 400 people.Student tickets cost $2 and adult tickets cost $3 Total ticket sales were $1050. How many tickets of each type were sold ? Wha

Question 103081: The attendance at a baseball game was 400 people.Student tickets cost $2 and adult tickets cost $3 Total ticket sales were $1050. How many tickets of each type were sold ?

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Answer by oberobic(2304) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We know the total tickets sold = 400.
Let x be the number of adult tickets sold.
That means 400 - x is the number of student tickets.
The revenue from adult tickets will be $3 * x, which we can call 3x.
The revenue from student ticks will be $2 * (400 - x), or 800 - 2x.
The total revenue is $1050, so that means:
3x + (800 - 2x) = 1050.
Removing the parentheses:
3x + 800 - 2x = 1050
Subtracting 800 from both sides:
3x - 2x = 250
Simplifying the left side:
x = 250, which is the number of adult tickets.
400-x = student tickets = 400-250 = 150.
ALWAYS check!
In this case, check the revenue:
3x = 3(250) = 750
2(150) = 300
750 + 300 = 1050. Check!

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