Question

A radio station had 228 tickets to a concert. They gave away 5 times as many tickets to listeners as to employees. How many tickets did they give away to employees?
a. 6
b.5
c.38
d.43

plz explain i don't get it

Answer 1

So you start off with 228 tickets. The listeners got 5 times the amount that the employees got. So the listeners plus the employees equals 228 which is your starting amount. So you have to plug in each answer to the equation 5x + y = 228 , the x being listeners and the y being the employees. You use the answer choice for the x and y and plug them in and solve until your answer becomes true. I hope that explains it as well as my picture