SOLUTION: tickets for a play cost $2 for students and $5 for adults. if a total of 500 tickets are sold and the generated revenue is $1300, how many student and adult tickets are sold.

Question 808943: tickets for a play cost $2 for students and $5 for adults. if a total of 500 tickets are sold and the generated revenue is $1300, how many student and adult tickets are sold.
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2s + 5a = 1300
s + a = 500
s = 500 - a
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2(500 - a) + 5a = 1300
1000 - 2a + 5a = 1300
1000 + 3a = 1300
3a = 300
Answer:
a = 100
s = 400
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