SOLUTION: The student council is sponsoring a carnival to raise money. Tickets cost $5 for adults and $3 for students. The student council wants to raise $450
a. Write an equation to find
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Question 119242: The student council is sponsoring a carnival to raise money. Tickets cost $5 for adults and $3 for students. The student council wants to raise $450
a. Write an equation to find the number of each type of ticket they should sell.
b. Graph your equation.
c. Use your graph to find two different combinations of tickets sold.
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The student council is sponsoring a carnival to raise money. Tickets cost $5 for adults and $3 for students. The student council wants to raise $450
a. Write an equation to find the number of each type of ticket they should sell.
Let "x" be # of adult tickets; Let "y" be # of student tickets:
Value Equation: 5x+3y=450
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b. Graph your equation.
y = (-5/3)x+150
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c. Use your graph to find two different combinations of tickets sold.
I'll leave that to you.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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