Question

The drama club sold $779 worth of tickets to the school play. Student tickets cost $3 a piece and tickets for everyone else cost $5 each. What equation relates the number of student tickets that were sold, s, and the number of other tickets that were sold, t, written in standard form?

Answer 1

The equation will be:
`3s+5t=779`

Explanation:

The number of student tickets that were sold
`=s`

and the number of other tickets that were sold
`=t`

Student tickets cost $3 a piece and tickets for everyone else cost $5 each.

So, the total cost of
`s` student tickets
`=\$3s` and the total cost of
`t` other tickets
`=\$5t`

Given that, the drama club sold total $779 worth of tickets.

So, the equation will be:
`3s+5t=779`