Bob ha Regular tickets are $4 and Premium Tickets are $6. Bob sold 450 tickets and the amount of money was $2340. HOw many tickets were sold?

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anonymous · Answer

Set up a system..... here's the two equations:
x+y=540
4x+6y=2340

anonymous · Answer

then solve it

anonymous · Answer

I'll show you how, using elimination

anonymous · Answer

I mean substitution sorry

anonymous · Answer

So x+y=540
       -y    -y
x=540-y
plug it in:
4(540-y)+6y=2340
2160-4y+6y=2340
-2160             -2160
2y=180
divide by 2 on each side
y=90

anonymous · Answer

Any questions?

livya15 · Answer

i worked but you put 540 in the problem instead of 450 :) but i figured it out :)

anonymous · Answer

oh sorry... :-) good thing you got it!