SOLUTION: The equations 5x + 2y = 48 and 3x + 2y = 32 represent the money collected from school concert tickets sales during two class periods. If x represents the cost for each adult ticket
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Question 1141953: The equations 5x + 2y = 48 and 3x + 2y = 32 represent the money collected from school concert tickets sales during two class periods. If x represents the cost for each adult ticket and y represents the cost for each student ticket, find the values of x and y.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(1)
(2)
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Subtract (2) from (1)
(1)
(2)
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Plug this result back into either (1) or (2)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
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check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
OK
You can check (1)
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