Answer: 9 tickets
Step-by-step explanation:
Use the pythagorean theorm
16^2 + 12^2 = c^2
256 + 144 = c^2
400 = c^2
c = 20 feet or a
Find a variable with equal or opposite coefficients, if equal then subtract the equations but if opposite then add, solve one variable equation left, and then substitute known variable into other equation and solve