Question

Tickets to a movie cost $7.25 for adults and $5.50 for students a group of friends purchased 8 tickets for $52.75. How many adult tickets and student tickets were purchased.?

Answer 1

the answer would be x= 5 :))

Answer 2

5 adult and 3 student tickets were purchased

Explanation:

Let x be the number of adult tickets

Then 8−x is the number of student tickets

7.25x+5.5(8−x)=52.75

7.25x+44−5.5x=52.75

1.75x=8.75

x=5

Therefore, 5 adult and 3 student tickets were purchased