Question

Adult tickets to a basketball game cost $5. Student tickets cost $1. A total of $2,791 was collected on the sale of 1,275 tickets. How many of each type of ticket were sold?

Answer 1

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Answer:

• 379 adult tickets
• 896 student tickets

Explanation:

Let 'a' represent the number of adult tickets sold. Then (1275-a) is the number of student tickets sold. The total revenue was ...

5a +1(1275 -a) = 2791

4a = 1516 . . . subtract 1275 and simplify

a = 379 . . . . . divide by 4

1275-a = 896

379 adult and 896 student tickets were sold.