Question
An amusement park sells 25 cent, 50 cent, and $1 tickets and a teacher purchases $32.50 worth of tickets. A student remarks that there are twice as many 50 cent tickets as there are $1 tickets and that the number of 25 cent
tickets is 30 more than the number of 50
cent tickets. How many tickets of
each type are there?
tickets is 30 more than the number of 50
cent tickets. How many tickets of
each type are there?
Answers
number of $1 tickets --- x
number of 50 cent tickets ---- 2x
number of 25 cent tickets ---- 2x+30
value equation:
100x + 50(2x) + 25(2x+30) = 3250
solve for x, sub back into my definitions
number of 50 cent tickets ---- 2x
number of 25 cent tickets ---- 2x+30
value equation:
100x + 50(2x) + 25(2x+30) = 3250
solve for x, sub back into my definitions
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