Question

Describe and explain the possible values of s, the number of student tickets sold, and e, the number of tickets sold to nonstudents.

Answer 1

(20,0) , (0,16) , (5,12) , (10,8) , (15,4)

Explanation:

Total amount of tickets sold = 80

Per ticket price for students = 4 ; Per ticket price for non students = 5

Let no. of students be s , no. of non students be x

Equation : 4s + 5x = 80

So, Maximum number of student tickets sold (assuming all student, no 'non student' tickets) = 80 / 4 = 20

Maximum number of non student tickets sold (assuming all 'non student', no 'student' tickets) = 80 / 5 = 16

Other possible values {s,x} , as per equation = (5,12) , (10,8) , (15,4)