document.write( "Question 1204593: Isabella is buying tickets to a concert. Adult tickets (x) cost $45 each and children tickets (y) cost $37 each. Isabella spent a total of $521 and purchased 3 more children tickets than adult tickets. Which is a viable solution for the system of equations? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #840936 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Isabella is buying tickets to a concert. Adult tickets (x) cost $45 each and children tickets (y) cost $37 each. Isabella spent a total of $521 and purchased 3 more children tickets than adult tickets. Which is a viable solution for the system of equations?\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Adult tickets (x) cost $45 each and children tickets (y) cost $37 each. \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " 3 more children tickets than adult tickets. \n" ); document.write( "y=x+3\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " Isabella spent a total of $521\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "45x +37y= 521\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y=x+3 \n" ); document.write( "y-x=3 ( multiply by 45) \n" ); document.write( "45y-45x= 135 \n" ); document.write( "45x +37y= 521\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Add the two equataions \n" ); document.write( "we get 82y = 656\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y=8 \n" ); document.write( "So x=5\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x=5 (number of adult tickets) and \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y=8 (number of children tickets).\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |