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Sarah took the advertising department from her company on a round trip to meet with a potential client. Including Sarah, a total of 10 people took the trip. She was able to purchase coach tickets for ​$320 and first-class tickets for ​$960. She used her total budget for airfare for the​ trip, which was ​$4480. How many first-class tickets did she​ buy? How many coach tickets did she​ buy?

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here’s the answer in the photo down below
Sarah took the advertising department from her company on a round trip to meet with-example-1
User Brad Swerdfeger
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Answer:

she bought 8 coach, 2 first-class

Explanation:

let x = number of coach tickets

equation I used: 320x + 960(10 - x) = 4480

320x + 9600 - 960x = 4480

-640x = -5120

x = 8

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