Question

Neva fannin ordered concert tickets which cost $3.50 for adults and $2.50 for students. she ordered 4 more student tickets than adult tickets. her total bill was $58. how many of each did she order?

Answer 1

Let number of adult tickets be a , therefore number of student ticket be a+4 .

And total cost of the tickets is 58, that is

$3.50a +2.50(a+4)=58$

Distributing 2.50 on a+4

$3.50a+2.50a+10=58$

Combining like terms

$6a=48 \\ a=8$

Number of adult tickets are 8 and number of students tickets are 12.