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Adult tickets to a basketball game cost $5. Student tickets cost $1. A total of $3,228 was collected on the

sale of 1,340 tickets. How many of each type of ticket were sold?

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Answer:

Okay, so 2 years later, here's your answer.

472 adult tickets and 868 student tickets were sold.

Explanation:

Let x be the number of adult tickets sold.

Let y be the number of student tickets sold.

Your Equations:

x + y = 1340 tickets

5x + (1)y = $3228

Isolate the y variable:

y = 1340 - x

y = 3228 - 5x

Substitute:

1340 - x = 3228 - 5x

Solve:

1340 - x = 3228 - 5x

Add 5x on both sides

1340 + 4x = 3228

Subtract 1340 on both sides

4x = 1888

Divide 4 on both sides

x = 472

Plug in x into an equation:

472 + y = 1340

Subtract 472 on both sides

y = 868

472 adult tickets were sold

868 student tickets were sold.

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