your school sells tickets for its winter concert. Student tickets are $5 and adult tickets are $10. If your school sells 85 tickets and makes $600, how many of each ticket did they sell?

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anonymous · Answer

This problem involves simultaneous equations.  To get you started on the right path, setup the model for the school concert.

anonymous · Answer

First, let x represent student tickets and y are the adult tickets.  What do you know about x and y?

anonymous · Answer

I started with x+y=600, then ..600/15= 40... but I can't connect the things..

anonymous · Answer

When x and y are added, you should have the sum persons going to the event.  600 is the dollar amount collected.  So re-think your initial equations.

anonymous · Answer

did the same.. thanks ....

ness9630 · Answer

Here, you need to set up two equations:
$$x+y=85$$
$$5x+10y=600$$
Where x=student tickets and y=adult tickets. 
Can you handle it from here?