SOLUTION: Students can buy tickets to a basketball game for $2. The admission for nonstudents is $3. If 400 tickets are sold and the total receipts are $910, how many student tickets are sol

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Question 958081: Students can buy tickets to a basketball game for $2. The admission for nonstudents is $3. If 400 tickets are sold and the total receipts are $910, how many student tickets are sold?
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Students can buy tickets to a basketball game for $2. The admission for nonstudents is $3. If 400 tickets are sold and the total receipts are $910, how many student tickets are sold?
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Quantity:: s + n = 400 tickets
Value:: 2s + 3n = 910 dollars
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Modify for elimination::
2s + 2n = 800
2s + 3n = 910
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Subtract and solve for "n":
n = 110 (# of non-student tickets sold)
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Solve for "s"::
s = 400 - 110 = 290 (# of student tickets sold)
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cheers,
Stan H.
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