tickets to a local movie were sold at 4.00$ for adults and 2.50$ for students. If 59 tickets were sold for a total of 222.50$, how many students were sold?

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lgbasallote · Answer

"students were sold"<--funny

anyway....let x be the number of students and y be the number of adults

lgbasallote · Answer

it says the total tickets was 59

so you can write that as

x + y = 59 

agree?

anonymous · Answer

ok

lgbasallote · Answer

then, it says the total cost was 222.50

so...

2.50x + 4y = 222.50

because eachs tudent ticket is 2.5 worth and each adult ticket is 4 worth

got it?

anonymous · Answer

yup

lgbasallote · Answer

so now use those two equations

x + y = 59
2.5x + 4y = 222.5

solve for x

anonymous · Answer

how?

anonymous · Answer

@lgbasallote