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 sophomore tickets totaled $400. How many sophomores bought tickets?

Answer 1

2.00f+3.00s=400

Answer 2

f+s=150

Answer 3

f=freshman
s=sophmore

Answer 4

its a system of equations!

Answer 5

do you know how to solve these?

Answer 6

no

Answer 7

ok then, well lets see what grade r u in?

Answer 8

9

Answer 9

ok im in 7th grade:) now i know how well to explain, so a system of equations gives u 2 answers, always! u just have to solve for em

Answer 10

so looking at your problem, what do we have to solve for?

Answer 11

2.00f+3.00(150 - f)=400
2 f + 450 -3f =400
-f = -50
f =50 and s = 100