SOLUTION: You are selling tickets at a high school football game. Student tickets cost $2 and general admission tickets cost $3. you sell 1957 tickets and collect $5035. How many of each tic

Question 207809: You are selling tickets at a high school football game. Student tickets cost $2 and general admission tickets cost $3. you sell 1957 tickets and collect $5035. How many of each ticket did you sell?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2s+3g=5035
s+g=1957
s=1957-g
2(1957-g)+3g=5035
3914-2g+3g=5035
g=5035-3914
g=1121 general tickets sold.
1957-1121=836 student tickets sold.
Proof:
2*836+3*1121=5035
1672+3363=5035
5035=5035

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