6.05] 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?

100

50

75

25

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6.05] 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? 

 100 

 50 

 75 

 25

anonymous · Answer

first set up an equation for the problem

anonymous · Answer

do 2f + 3s =400 and f+s= 150

anonymous · Answer

Uh, I need help! :)

anonymous · Answer

do u understand the equation i set up

anonymous · Answer

Well, yes, I just don't know how to solve it. :(

anonymous · Answer

ok hang on im going to solve this then try to break this down step by step

anonymous · Answer

Ok, thx. :)

anonymous · Answer

ok so first you have to isolate f in order to find s so subtract f from the first equation

anonymous · Answer

what will that get you?

anonymous · Answer

Is the new equation 1f+2s=250

anonymous · Answer

yes but there are other ways to solve it try substitution, it will make more sense in the long run and will be much more efficient

anonymous · Answer

so your equation should be f=150-s

anonymous · Answer

so you can plug that back into your equation as 3(150-s) + 2s=400

anonymous · Answer

Is the answer 50?

anonymous · Answer

YES!

anonymous · Answer

good job

anonymous · Answer

Thx, for your help!!!!!!!! OMG! Thx!

anonymous · Answer

no problem!