Question

Adult tickets to a basketball game cost $5. Student tickets cost $1. A total of $2,703 was collected on the sale of 1,167 tickets. How many of each type of ticket were sold?

Answer 1

no. of students ticket=783

no. of adult ticket=384

Explanation:

assumption: we find the number of students ticket

1167×5=5835

5835-2703=3132

5-1=4

3132÷4=783(number of students ticket)

1167-783=384(number of adult tickets)