SOLUTION: student tickets sell for $2 each and adult tickets sell for $5 each. If 50 tickets were sold for a total of $130, how many of each type were sold?

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Question 812290: student tickets sell for $2 each and adult tickets sell for $5 each. If 50 tickets were sold for a total of $130, how many of each type were sold?
Answer by luke94(89)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
just trial and error till you get the right amoun:
40 student tickets -
10 adult tickets -
total -

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