Question 228772
1) A school athletic council sold 835 tickets to the championship football game for a total of $5792.
 Students pay $4 and nonstudents pay $8.
 How many nonstudents attended the game?
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Let x = no. of non-students
Total ticket were given as 835, therefore
(835-x) = no. of students
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The total$ equation
8x + 4(835-x) = 5792
8x + 3340 - 4x = 5972; multiply what's inside the brackets
8x - 4x = 5972 - 3340
4x = 2632
x = {{{2632/4}}}; divide both sides by 4
x = 658 non-students
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Check our solution
835 - 658 = 177 students
8(658) + 4(177) =
5264 +  708 = 5972; confirms our solution
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