Question

Mr. Santos treated his students to a movie for winning the state contest. This also required taking some of the students’ parents as chaperones. The movie theatre charges $4 for each student and $6 for each adult. If Mr. Santos spent $180 on movie tickets and took 40 people (including himself), how many students did he take to the movies.
write two equations to help find the answer

Answer 1

Answer: 41

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

This is a real guess...4s + 6a = 180 where s equals the # of students and a equals the # of adults. The other equation could be 180 -6a = 4s.