Question

Your school drama club is putting on a play and hopes to raise $600 from ticket sales. They sell adult tickets for $8 each and student tickets for $5 each. Let x represent the number of adult tickets and y represent the number of student tickets. The equation to represent the number of tickets sold to reach their goal, 8x+ 5y = 600, is graphed below. If 40 adult tickets are sold, how many student tickets must be sold to reach their goal?
- graph below !

Answer 1

wheres the graph

Answer 2

one sec

Answer 3

I say around 55

Answer 4

wait nevermind

Answer 5

hold on

Answer 6

are you sure?

Answer 7

no no I read that. okay first of all, you have to figure out what 40 x 8 is.

Answer 8

read that wrong i meant

Answer 9

okay = 320

Answer 10

Subtract that from 600

Answer 11

280

Answer 12

good. now, divide 5 by 280.

Answer 13

=56

Answer 14

56 x 5 = ?

Answer 15

You're almost done. This is the check. :)

Answer 16

280

Answer 17

thank you!

Answer 18

So you know 56 is the right answer. Now you also need to check what 40 x 8 is to be sure, add those numbers, that equals 600, so you're done :) and you're welcome. :)