SOLUTION: The theater club sells a total of 101 tickets to its first play. A student ticket cost $1. An adult ticket costs $2.50. Total ticket sales are $164. How many student tickets were s
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Question 1162280: The theater club sells a total of 101 tickets to its first play. A student ticket cost $1. An adult ticket costs $2.50. Total ticket sales are $164. How many student tickets were sold? Answer by ikleyn(52794) (Show Source):
Let x be the number of student tickets.
Then the total revenue equation is
1*x + 2.50*(101-x) = 164
in this case.
From the equation,
x = = 59.
ANSWER. 59 student tickets.
olved.
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It is a standard and typical problems "on tickets"
