Question

The tickets for a high school basketball game are $2.50 for students and $4.00 for adults. At Tuesday night's game, 95 tickets were sold for a total of $290.00. How many student tickets were sold?

60

58

35

33

Answer 1

x + y = 95

2.5x + 4y = 290

Answer 2

Who want to solve further?

Answer 3

60 for children.

35 for adults.

Answer 4

S students A adults
2.5*S + 4A = $290
S + A = 95
multiply S + A = 95 by -4

so you get these 2 eq's

2.5*S + 4A = $290
-4*S - 4A = -380

Add them

-1.5*S = -90

So, S = 60

60 + A = 95, so adults = 35