Question

The sophomore class sold a total of 700 adult and student tickets to the school play. Adult tickets sold for $4.50 each and student tickets cost $2.oo each. If they took in a total of $1,200, which system of equations can be used to find x, the number of student tickets sold, and y; the number of adult tickets sold?

A: x+y = 1200
2x+4.5y =700

B: x+y=700
2x+4.5y=1200

C: x+y=1200
x+y = 700

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The answer is
B: x+y=700
2x+4.5y=1200


x - the number of student tickets sold,
y - the number of adult tickets sold

The total number of sold tickets is 700:
x + y = 700

Adult tickets sold for $4.50 each and student tickets cost $2.oo each. If they took in a total of $1,200:
2x + 4.50y = 1200

The system of equations is:
x + y = 700
2x + 4.50y = 1200