An airline that flies from Los Angeles to Albuquerque with a stopover in Phoenix charges a fare of $80 to Phoenix and a fare of $130 from Los Angeles to Albuquerque. A total of 205 passengers boarded the plane in Los Angeles, and fares totaled $24,400. How many passengers got off the plane in Phoenix?

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brinazarski · Answer

I'm going afk for a bit, but I'll bbl if anyone wants to help

brinazarski · Answer

Im back now btw... just saying lol

anonymous · Answer

ok, call number of $80 tickets x, and number of $130 tickets y.

there was a total of 205 passengers so

x+y=205

fares totaled 24,400 at 80 per x ticket and 130 per y ticket so

80x+130y=24400

now you have to unknowns and two equations, any idea where to go from here?

anonymous · Answer

@brinazarski

brinazarski · Answer

Possibly.. I worked it out and got it wrong, but just now as I was typing the work back to you I noticed an error

anonymous · Answer

oh. So you've got it now?

brinazarski · Answer

Yup! Thank you so much!

anonymous · Answer

You're welcome