Question

Tickets for the school's jazz concert are $4 for students and $8 for all others. if they sold 40 tickets for opening night for a total of $220, how many students were attendance?

Answer 1

Given that the total worth of jazz concert tickets is $
165
,
000
.

Also, there are a total of
8000
tickets.

Let the number of $
15
tickets be
x

Therefore, the number of $
25
tickets will be
8000
−
x

As, the total amount is $
165
,
000
, we can write that

x
∗
15
+
(
8000
−
x
)
∗
25
=
165
,
000
15
x
+
200
,
000
−
25
x
=
165
,
000
10
x
=
35
,
000
x
=
3
,
500

Number of $
25
tickets =
8000
−
3
,
500
=
4
,
500

Therefore, there are
3
,
500
$
15
ticekts and
4
,
500
$
25
tickets.