SOLUTION: The attendance at a baseball game is 400. Student tickets cost $2 and adult tickets cost $3. The total sales is $1050. How many tickets of each type were sold. The answer is

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Question 107026: The attendance at a baseball game is 400. Student tickets cost $2 and adult tickets cost $3. The total sales is $1050. How many tickets of each type were sold.
The answer is 150 student ticktes and 250 adult tickets. I got this trough trial and error but cannot figure out the equation.
QUestion from Prentise Hall Algebra I - chapter 2.3

Answer by scott8148(6628) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x=student, so 400-x=adult ... 2(x)+3(400-x)=1050