SOLUTION: Ron and kathy are ticket sellers at their class play, ron handling student tickets that sell for 2.00 each anf kathy selling adult tickets for 6.50 each. If their total income for

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Question 466008: Ron and kathy are ticket sellers at their class play, ron handling student tickets that sell for 2.00 each anf kathy selling adult tickets for 6.50 each. If their total income for 27 tickets was 139.50, how many did each sell?
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Hi,

27 tickets 

Let x and (27-x) represent the # of adult and student tickets respectively

Question states***

 6.50x + 2(27-x) = 139.50

     4.5x = 85.5

        x = 19, number kathy sold. Ron sold 8.  (27-19)

CHECKING our Answer***

 $6.5*19 + $2*8 = $123.50 + $16 = $139.50