document.write( "Question 178795: Tickets for a concert were sold to adults for $3 and to students for $2. If the total receipts were $824 and twice as many adult tickets as student tickets were sold, then how many of each were sold? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #133768 by Mathtut(3670)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! let the number of adult and student tickets be a and s respectively \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "a=2s..........eq 1 \n" ); document.write( "3a+2s=824.....eq 2 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "take a's value in eq 1 and plug that into eq 2 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "3(2s)+2s=824 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "8s=824 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " |