Question

Tickets of a program at college cost $5 for general admission or $4 with a student ID. If 181 people paid to see a performance and $800 was collected, how many of each type of tickel were sold?In a program at college tickets were sold for general admission andtickets were sold with a student ID.

Answer 1

Let

x -----> number of tickets sold for general admission

y -----> number of tickets sold with a student ID.​

we know that

x+y=181 -------> equation A

5x+4y=800 --------> equation B

solve the system by graphing

remember that the solution is the intersection point both graphs

using a graphing tool

see the attached figure

please wait a minute

therefore

number of tickets sold for general admission -------> 76

number of tickets sold with a student ID.​ ------> 105