Question

The Marshall High School Athletic Association sells tickets for the weekly football games. Students pay $5 and adults pay $10 for a ticket. The athletic association needs to raise $3,000 selling tickets to send the team to an out-of-town tournament. What combination of student and adult ticket sales would achieve the athletic association’s goal?

Answer 1

`5x+10y=3,000`

Explanation:

Let

x -----> the number of student tickets

y -----> the number of adult tickets

we know that

The number of student tickets multiplied by it' s cost ($5) plus the number of adult tickets multiplied by it' s cost ($10) must equal $3,000

so

The linear equation that represent this situation is

`5x+10y=3,000`