SOLUTION: the school band is raising money. they plan to sell 500 tickets. adult tickets will be $4.50 and student tickets will be 2.50. they need to collect $1650 in ticket sales. How man
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Question 487943: the school band is raising money. they plan to sell 500 tickets. adult tickets will be $4.50 and student tickets will be 2.50. they need to collect $1650 in ticket sales. How many adult and children tickets do they need to sell.
I got the correct answer by playing with numbers. (200 adult tickets and 300 student tickets) how do you write an equation to get there? Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, ej_03:Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = number of adult tickets they need to sell
Let = number of student tickets they need to sell
given:
(1)
(2)
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From (2),
(2)
Multiply both sides of (1) by ,
then subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(1)
and, since
(1)
(1)
They need to sell 200 adult tickets and
300 student tickets
