SOLUTION: for a particular event, 812 tickets were sold for a total of $1912. If students paid $2 per ticket and nonstudents paid $3 per ticket, how many student tickets were sold?

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Question 339190: for a particular event, 812 tickets were sold for a total of $1912. If students paid $2 per ticket and nonstudents paid $3 per ticket, how many student tickets were sold?
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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s+a=812 a=812-s
2s+3a=1912
2s+3(812-s)=1912
2s+2436-3s=1912
-s=-524
s=524 students
a=812-524
a=288
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2*524+3*288=
1048+864=1912