algebra ..........

Question

On a special day, tickets for a minor league baseball game cost 5 dollars for adults and 1 dollar for students, the attendance that day was 1281 and 3425 dollars was collected, find the number of each type of ti
cket sold

Answer 1

 

Each adult ticket costs 5, and each child's 1, and the total income is 3425, so

5A + 1C = 3425

A+ C = 1281 = total tickets

 

C=1281-A

 

 substituting 1281-A in the place of C in the first equation gives

 

5A + 1281-A = 3425

 

4A = 2144

A= 536

C= 745