SOLUTION: There were 213 tickets sold to a school dance. Tickets cost $5 with an activity sticker and $8 without. Tickets sales totaled $1,254. Find the number of each type of ticket sold.
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Question 686675: There were 213 tickets sold to a school dance. Tickets cost $5 with an activity sticker and $8 without. Tickets sales totaled $1,254. Find the number of each type of ticket sold. Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = number of $5 tickets bought
Let = number of $8 tickets bought
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(1)
(2)
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Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(1)
and, since
(1)
(1)
(1)
150 $5 tickets were bought
63 $8 tickets were bought
