Question

You are selling tickets for a high school basketball game. Student
tickets cost $3 and general admission tickets cost $5. You sell 350
tickets and collect $1,450. How many student tickets did you sell?
Hey do you also know how to do this?

Answer 1

@abriannaridley

Answer 2

Ok ready?

Answer 3

Im ready lol

Answer 4

ok this is also going to be a system. let x = student ticket and y = general admissions
x + y = ?

Answer 5

actually x = # of student ticket and y = # of general admissions

Answer 6

ok?

Answer 7

Okay got it

Answer 8

x+y = 350
3x + 5y = 1450
Now we need to solve the system.

Answer 9

remember how?

Answer 10

Uhmm we have to solve for Y? my memory is sucky :P

Answer 11

haha ok:
x+y = 350, solve it for y
y = 350 - x
Then plug into the second equation and solve for x value:
3x + 5(350 -x) = 1450
3x + 1750 - 5x = 1450
-2x + 1750 = 1450
-1750 on both sides
-2x = -300
/-2 on both sides
x = 150
Now plug in to first equation:
150 + y = 350
y = 200

Answer 12

Therefore you sold 150 student tickets. <-- Final answer

Answer 13

Sorry that took so long... Got it?

Answer 14

OMG YOUR A LIFE SAVER!!! and yes i got it this time. My school feels no need to explain anything and they just expect you to know it -.-

Answer 15

Mine too, I see a trend... I got AP Chem Home work today without the teacher teaching anything. It is pretty hard

Answer 16

ahah and im over here complaining about Algebra I lol im lame :P

Answer 17

Never - I love these questions

Answer 18

i'll keep that in mind lol i dont understand it at all!