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Question 1101942: Sarah took the advertising department from her company on a round trip to meet with a potential client. Including Sarah a total of 8 people took the trip. She was able to purchase coach tickets for $380 and first class tickets for $1180. She used her total budget for airfare for the trip, which was $5440.How many first class tickets did she buy? How many coach tickets did she buy?
number of first class tickets bought?
number of coach tickets bought? Found 2 solutions by stanbon, josmiceli:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Sarah took the advertising department from her company on a round trip to meet with a potential client. Including Sarah a total of 8 people took the trip. She was able to purchase coach tickets for $380 and first class tickets for $1180. She used her total budget for airfare for the trip, which was $5440.How many first class tickets did she buy? How many coach tickets did she buy?
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Quantity:: C + F = 8
Value:: 380C + 1180F = 5440
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Modify;:
1180C + 1180F = 1180*8
380C + 1180F = 5440
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Subtract and solve for "C"::
800C = 4000
C = 5 (# of coach tickets)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = number of 1st class tickets = number of coach tickets
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She bought 3 1st class tickets
She bought 5 coach tickets
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