A business has $15,000 to spend on airline tickets to travel to a conference. It wants 27 of its employees to attend. The business wants to buy as many business-class seats as possible. The business-class seats cost $700. The economy-class seats cost $375. How many of each type of ticket should the business purchase?

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texaschic101 · Answer

b + e = 27
7b + 375e = 15,000

those are your two equations that you would use and this can be solved with simple substitution.
Do you understand ?

anonymous · Answer

Yeah that makes sense. thanks

texaschic101 · Answer

sure thing. If you have any trouble with it, just tag me and I will help :)