Suppose that there are two types of tickets to a show: advance and same-day. Advance tickets cost $20 and same-day tickets cost $40. For one performance, there were 45 tickets sold in all, and the total amount paid for them was $1500. How many tickets of each type were sold?

Number of advance tickets sold: _____
Number of same day tickets sold:_____

Question

Suppose that there are two types of tickets to a show: advance and same-day. Advance tickets cost $20 and same-day tickets cost $40. For one performance, there were 45 tickets sold in all, and the total amount paid for them was $1500. How many tickets of each type were sold? 

Number of advance tickets sold: _____ 
Number of same day tickets sold:_____

anonymous · Answer

a = advanced
s = same day

a + s = 45 --- there were 45 total tickets sold
20a + 40s = 1500

these are the 2 equations you will be using. With this information, can you solve for the variables ?

anonymous · Answer

Number of advance tickets sold: 15
Number of same day tickets sold: 30
Is this correct?