SOLUTION: adult fickets are 4.50. student tickets are 2.00. the total receipts for 1720 tickets was 5980.00. find the number of adult and student tickets sold.

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Question 268834: adult fickets are 4.50. student tickets are 2.00. the total receipts for 1720 tickets was 5980.00. find the number of adult and student tickets sold.
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adult fickets are 4.50. student tickets are 2.00. the total receipts for 1720 tickets was 5980.00. find the number of adult and student tickets sold.
let number of students be x
the number of adults will be 1720-x
2x+4.50*(1720-x)= 5980
2x+7740-4.5x=5980
2x-4.5x=5980-7740
-2.5x= -1760
x= -1760/-2.5
x= 704 students
y= 1720-704= 1016 adults