Question

Sarah took the advertising department from her company on a round trip to meet with a potential client. Including Sarah a total of people 13 took the trip. She was able to purchase coach tickets for ​$390 and first class tickets for ​$1000. She used her total budget for airfare for the​ trip, which was ​$8120. How many first class tickets did she​ buy? How many coach tickets did she​ buy?

Answer 1

She bought 8 coach tickets

And 5 first class tickets

Explanation:

390 x 8 = 3,120

1000 x 5 = 5,000

3,120 + 5,000 = 8,120

Answer 2

x = 6

Explanation:

Coach ticket = $180

first class ticket = $1020

people = 8

Let x be number of coach tickets

Then number of first class tickets = (8 - x)

x * 180 + (8 - x) * 1020 = 3120

180 X + 8 * 1020 - 1020 x = 3120

180 x + 8160 - 1020 x = 3120

180 x - 1020 x = 3120 -8160

- 840 x = - 5040

840 x = 5040

x = 6

So 6 coach class tickets and 2 first class tickets