SOLUTION: The attendance at a baseball game was 400 people. Student tickets cost $2 and adult tickets cost $3. Total ticket sales were $1050. How many tickets of each type were sold? Must wr

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Question 915470: The attendance at a baseball game was 400 people. Student tickets cost $2 and adult tickets cost $3. Total ticket sales were $1050. How many tickets of each type were sold? Must write and equation then solve.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x the number of Adult Tickets
3x + 2(400-x) = $1050.
solve for x, the number of Adult Tickets
x = 250, the number of Adult Tickets. Children's 150 400-250
And...checking
$750 + $300 = $1050