Question

A school is putting on a play. On the first night of the play, twice as many adults attended the lay as students. Students tickets cost $3 and adults tickets cost $5. The total amount of money earned from tickets sales was $1,131. Write a system of equations that represent this situation.

Answer 1

x+2x+$3+$5=$1131

Explanation:

Take students to be x then the adults be 2x and the dollars being played and the total money.Then you will take the $3+$8 and subtract from $1131 dollars then you'll get x

Answer 2

Answer: The system of equations that represent this situation is

x = 2y

5x + 3y = 1131

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of adult tickets sold on the first night of the play.

Let y represent the number of student tickets sold on the first night of the play.

On the first night of the play, twice as many adults attended the play as students. This means that

x = 2y

Students tickets cost $3 and adults tickets cost $5. The total amount of money earned from tickets sales was $1,131. This means that

5x + 3y = 1131- - - - - - - - - 1