Question

advance tickets for a school play went on sale. the price of each student ticket was $4 and everyone else paid $5. on the first day, no more than $80 in tickets were sold. describe and explain the possible values of s, the number of student tickets sold, and e, the number of tickets sold to non student’s.

Answer 1

0student 16non-student,

5student 12non-student,

10student 8non-student,

15student 4non-student,

20student 0non-student

Explanation:

s student tickets, e non student

4s + 5e = 80

s e

0 16 4(0) + 5(16) = 80

5 12 4(5) + 5(12) = 80

10 8 4(10) + 5(8) = 80

15 4 4(15) + 5(4) = 80

20 0 4(20) + 5(0) = 80