Question

5)Trevon's school is selling tickets to the annual dance competition. On the first day of ticket sales

the school sold 5 senior citizen tickets and 8 student tickets for a total of $94. The school took in
$164 on the second day by selling 10 senior citizen tickets and 13 student tickets. Find the price
of a senior citizen ticket and the price of a student ticket

Answer 1

$8 for student tickets and $4.40 for senior tickets

Explanation:

10 (5x +8y=94)

5 (10x +13y=164)

50x+80y=940

- 50x +65y=820

80y-65y= 940-820

15y= 120/15

y=8

(y is the cost of student tickets)

5x+8y=94

5x+8(9)=94

5x+72=94-72

5x=22/5

x= 4.4