SOLUTION: hi! how do you solve this word problem: At the school dance, 1000 tickets were sold. Adult ticket cost $3.00 and student ticket costs $1.50. A total of $2,475 was collected at the

SOLUTION: hi! how do you solve this word problem: At the school dance, 1000 tickets were sold. Adult ticket cost $3.00 and student ticket costs $1.50. A total of $2,475 was collected at the

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Question 252338: hi! how do you solve this word problem: At the school dance, 1000 tickets were sold. Adult ticket cost $3.00 and student ticket costs $1.50. A total of $2,475 was collected at the door. How many adult tickets were sold? please include the check. thanks!
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1000=a+s
3a+1.5s=2475
solve these for a and s
then plug the answers back into the equations to check

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