Question

A middle school when what watching. The cost was $8 per student and $10 adult. The total cost for the whale watching was $518 for 63 tickets. How many student went whale watching? How many adults?

Answer 1

let x the amount of student tickets and let y the amount of adult tickets.
there are 63 tickets,\[x + y = 63\]the cost is $8 per student ticket and $10 per adult ticket and the total cost is $518\[8x + 10y = 518\]solve the system of equations