there were 337 tickets sold for a basketball game. the activity card holders tickets cost $1.50 and the non cardholders tickets cost $2.00. the total amount of money collected was $729.50. how many of each kind of ticket were sold?
so far i did
x+y=380
1.50x+2.00y=729.50
150x+200y=72950
whats next

Question

there were 337 tickets sold for a basketball game. the activity card holders tickets cost $1.50 and the non cardholders tickets cost $2.00. the total amount of money collected was $729.50. how many of each kind of ticket were sold?
so far i did
x+y=380
1.50x+2.00y=729.50
150x+200y=72950
whats next

pphalke · Answer

@jim_thompson5910

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

when doing these problems, don't forget to state at the top what x and y represent

in this case

x = # of activity card holders
x = # of non card holders

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

like before, solve x+y=380 for y to get y = ???

pphalke · Answer

how though

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

move the x over. Subtract it from both sides

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

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jim_thompson5910 · Answer

wait...there are 337 tickets sold not 380

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

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