SOLUTION: Students sold 275 tickets for a fundraiser at school. Some tickets are for children and cost $3, while the rest are adult tickets that cost $5. If the total value of all tickets so

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Question 825818: Students sold 275 tickets for a fundraiser at school. Some tickets are for children and cost $3, while the rest are adult tickets that cost $5. If the total value of all tickets sold $1,025, how many of each type of ticket was sold?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x = how many children tickets
Let y = how many adult tickets

Account for the ticket count: x+y=275
Account for the money: 3x+5y=1025

Solve the system. Elimination Method might be easiest. Multiply ticket count equation by 3 and subtract from the money equation, and first find the value for y.
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