Question

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Tickets to a movie costs $7.25 for adults and $5.50 for students. A group of friends purchased 8 tickets for $52.75. How many adult tickets and student tickets were purchased?

X=?
Y=?

Answer 1

5 adult and 3 student tickets were purchased

Explanation:

Let x be the number of adult tickets . Then 8 − x is the number of student tickets .

7.25 x + 5.5 (8 − x ) = 52.75

7.25 x + 44 − 5.5 x = 52.75

1.75 x = 8.75

x = 5