Question

Tickets to the varsity basketball game cost $4 for students, but adults pay $6, and discount tickets are $5 for senior citizens and active military. At a recent game, 353 tickets were sold for a total of $1,660. If there were twice as many student tickets sold as adult tickets, what system of equations could be used to find how many of each type of ticket were sold?

Answer 1

4s + 6a + 5c = 1,660

s = 2a

s + a + c = 353

Explanation:

s = # of student tickets bought

a = # of adult tickets bought

c = # of senior citizen tickets bought