Question

At a school dance, student tickets cost $5 each and non-student

tickets cost $7 each. The total amount of money earned from ticket
sales equals $1840. If 120 non-student tickets were sold, which
equation could be used to figure out how many student tickets were
sold?

Answer 1

Considering the number of student tickets sold as x.

5x+7*120=1840

5x+840=1840

5x=1840-840

5x=1000

x=1000/5

x=200

200 student tickets were sold.