Math Help! how do i solve this

Question

There were 375 tickets purchased For a major league baseball Game . The lower reserved tickets cost $9.50 and the upper reserved tickets cost $8.00 The total amount of money spent was $3513.00 . How many of each kind were purchased ?

How many Lower reserved tickets were purchased ?

How many Upper reserved tickets were purchased ?

can someone please tell me the answer to both and show me how you got there! Thank you so much!

Answer 1

This is a system of equations. Write two equations. One for the total number of tickets sold: x+y=375 The second equation for the money: 9.50x + 8y = 3513

The solve using substitution or elimination. x represents the number of lower tickets, and y represents the number of upper tickets.