SOLUTION: Adult tickets for a concert were $5 each and student tickets were $2 each. A total of 980 tickets , worth $3460, were sold. How many adult tickets were sold?
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Question 1000113: Adult tickets for a concert were $5 each and student tickets were $2 each. A total of 980 tickets , worth $3460, were sold. How many adult tickets were sold? Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let adult and student tickets be x and y.
The number equation is
x + y = 980
The value equation is
5x + 2y = 3460
Let's multiply the first by two and subtract it from the second...
5x + 2y = 3460
-(2x + 2y = 1960)
and we get
3x = 1500
x = 500 adult tix
y = 480 student tix
