There were 150 freshman and sophomores at the high school musical Reese and her friends attended. Freshman tickets were $2.00 each and sophomore tickets were $3.00 each. The receipts for freshman and sophomores tickets totaled $410. How many sophomores bought tickets?

40

90

110

120

Question

There were 150 freshman and sophomores at the high school musical Reese and her friends attended. Freshman tickets were $2.00 each and sophomore tickets were $3.00 each. The receipts for freshman and sophomores tickets totaled $410. How many sophomores bought tickets?

 40

 90

 110

 120

anonymous · Answer

you have to set up two equations. 150 = x+y and 410 = 2x +3y

anonymous · Answer

x being number of freshman and y number of sophomores

anonymous · Answer

and then solve for y

anonymous · Answer

you have to multiply the (150=x+y) by -2 and then add the two equations together

anonymous · Answer

its 110