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Adult tickets to a basketball game cost $5. Student tickets cost $1. A total of $2,845 was collected on the

sale of 1,181 tickets. How many of each type of ticket were sold?

User Singhakash
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Answer:

1661 was each sold

Explanation:

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User Acarbalacar
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Answer:

416 adult tickets were sold and 765 student tickets were sold

Explanation:

We would first define our variables,

a=amount of adult tickets sold s=amount of student tickets sold

Now we will create our equations,

5a+1s=2845

(adult price times amount of adult tickets sold + children price times amount of children tickets sold=amount that type of ticket made)

a+s=1181

(amount of adult tickets sold+ amount of child tickets sold=total tickets sold)

We'll use the substitution method to find the answer,

a=1181-s

5(1181-s)+s=2845

5905-5s+s=2845

5905-4s=2845

-4s=-3060

4s=3060

s=765

a+765=1181

a=1181-765

a=416

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