Question

Adult tickets to a basketball game cost $5. Student tickets cost $1. A total of $2,596 was collected on the sale of 1,216 tickets. How many of each type of ticket were sold?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Suppose adult tickets are x ticket

Student tickets are 1216 - x ticket

x(5) + (1216 - x)(1) = 2596

5x + 1216 - x = 2596

4x = 2596 - 1216

4x = 1380

x = 345

Adult tickets have 345 tickets

and student tickets have 1216 - 345 = 871 tickets.