Question

Two kinds of tickets to an outdoor concert were sold: lawn tickets and seat tickets. Less than 400 tickets in total were sold. Lawn tickets cost $30 each and seat tickets cost $50 each. The organizers want to make at least $14,000 from ticket sales.
Write a system of inequalities to represent the situation. Be sure to define your variables.

Answer 1

Answer:

Tickets to sit on the bench (b) = 150

Tickets to sit on the lawn (l) = 200

Step-by-step explanation:

Tickets to sit on a bench (b)cost $75 each.

Tickets to sit on the lawn (l) cost $40 each

350 tickets had been sold

$19,250 had been raised through tickets sales

This forms a simultaneous equation:

b + l = 350 ... (i)

75b + 40l = 19,250 ... (ii)

Multiplying (i) by 40 and (ii) by 1 we get;

40b + 40l = 14,000 ... (i)

75b + 40l = 19,250 ... (ii)

Subtracting (ii) - (i) we get;

35b = 5250

b = 5250 ÷ 35 = 150