Question

The members of a drama club sold tickets to a school play.

Each student ticket (s) costs $5.
Each adult ticket (a) costs $7.
28 more student tickets were sold than adult tickets.
The total amount of ticket sales was $800.
Which equation can be used to determine the number of adult tickets sold:
a
5(a + 28) + 75 = 800
b
5(a + 28) + 7a = 800
5(S + 28) + 7 a = 800
d
5(5 + 28) + 75 = 800

Answer 1

Explanation:

28*5 115 sub 115 from 800 then divide 685 by 5 then add 7 into that number 28 times