Question

At a high school football game, admission is $5 for students and $10 for non-students. There were 500 people at the first game, and the school made $4,000 from admissions. In this activity, you will find the number of students and non-students at the game.

Please write the two equations algebraically and then solve :)

Answer 1

Answer:x = 200 students

y = 300 non-students

Explanation:

5x + 10y = 4000

x + y = 500

Set y = 500-x

5x + 10(500-x) = 4000

5x + 5000-10x

-5x + 5000 = 4000

-5x = -1000

x = 200 students

y = 300 non-students

Let's double checks

5(200) + 10(300)

1000 + 3000 = 4000