SOLUTION: Solving systems of equations: The football team sold 60 tickets to their fundraiser dinner. Student tickets cost $4 and adult tickets cost $6. If they made $288, how many student

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Question 1159406: Solving systems of equations: The football team sold 60 tickets to their fundraiser dinner. Student tickets cost $4 and adult tickets cost
$6. If they made $288, how many student and adult tickets were sold?
Answer by ikleyn(53937) About Me  (Show Source):
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If x is the number of adult tickets sold, the the number of student tickets is (60-x).


The revenue equation is

    4*(60-x) + 6x = 288.


Simplify and solve

    240-4x + 6x = 288

    2x          = 288 - 240 = 48

     x                      = 48/2 = 24.


ANSWER.  24 adult tickets, and the rest, 60-24 = 36 student tickets.

Solved.

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