SOLUTION: adult tickets to the school play cost $3.50, while student tickets are only $2.50. 321 tickets were sold for $937.50. How many of each kind were sold?
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Question 599040: adult tickets to the school play cost $3.50, while student tickets are only $2.50. 321 tickets were sold for $937.50. How many of each kind were sold?
Answer by flame8855(424) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x be the number of adult
y be the number of student
x+y = 321
3.5x+2.5 y = 937.5
x=135, y=186
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