Adult tickets to a basketball game cost $5. Student tickets cost $1. A total of $2,788 was collected on the sale of 1,260 ticket

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Iteru [2.4K]

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Adult tickets to a basketball game cost $5. Student tickets cost $1. A total of $2,788 was collected on the sale of 1,260 ticket

s. How many of each type of ticket were sold?

Mathematics

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blsea [12.9K] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-14T19:42:26+03:00

blsea [12.9K]3 years ago

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Let x as number of adult tickets and y as number of student tickets

x+y=1260
y=1260-x

5x+1y=2688
5x+1(1260-x)=2688
5x+1260-x=2688
4x=2688-1260
x=1428÷4
x=357 adult tickets sold

y=1260-357
y=903 student tickets sold