Question

A community center sells a total of 299 tickets for a basketball game. An adult ticket costs ​$4. A student ticket costs ​$1. The sponsors collect ​$587 in ticket sales. Find the number of each type of ticket sold.

Answer 1

• 96 adult tickets
• 203 student tickets

Explanation:

The most expensive ticket is the adult ticket, so we'll use "a" to represent the number of those sold. Then (299-a) student tickets were sold, and total revenue was ...

4a +1(299-a) = 587

3a = 288

a = 96

96 adult tickets and 203 student tickets were sold.