SOLUTION: the drama club sold 320 adult tickets and 153 student tickets for their last performance. adult tickets we 75 cents more than the student tickets. if the total receipts were $949.5

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Question 1121647: the drama club sold 320 adult tickets and 153 student tickets for their last performance. adult tickets we 75 cents more than the student tickets. if the total receipts were $949.50, what was the price of each ticket?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Price of student tickets, x
Price of adult ticket, x+0.75

-----accounting for the revenue described

Solve that for x.....

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