SOLUTION: You and your friend are selling raffle tickets for a new laptop. You sell 14 more tickets than your friend sells. Together, you and your friend sell 58 tickets. a. Write a syste

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Question 1025233: You and your friend are selling raffle tickets for a new laptop. You sell 14 more tickets than your friend sells. Together, you and your friend sell 58 tickets.
a. Write a system of linear equations that represents this situation. Let x represent the number of tickets you sell and y represent the number of tickets your friend sells.
b. How many tickets does each of you sell?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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(1) +x+=+y+%2B+14+
(2) +x+%2B+y+=+58+
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Substitute (1) ino 92)
(2) +y+%2B+14+%2B+y+=+58+
(2) +2y+=+44+
(2) +y+=+22+
and
(2) +x+%2B+22+=+58+
(2) +x+=+36+
I sell 36 tickets
You sell 22 tickets
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