There are 2 types of tickets to attend an awards dinner-silver and gold. The gold tickets are $8 more than the silver. If Patrick bought 10 tickets at each level and spent a total of $140, find the price of each ticket. (1 point)

Answer 1

Let x be the price of a silver ticket.
The price of a gold ticket is x+8.
Patrick bought 10 silver tickets, so he spent 10*x dollars on silver tickets.
He also bought 10 gold tickets, so he spent 10*(x+8) dollars on gold tickets.
In total, he spent 10*x+10*(x+8)=140 dollars.
Combining like terms, we get 20*x+80=140
Subtracting 80 from both sides, we get 20*x=60
Dividing both sides by 20, we get x=<<3=3>>3 dollars.
Thus, the price of a silver ticket is 3 dollars and the price of a gold ticket is 3+8=<<3+8=11>>11 dollars. Answer: \boxed{3,11}.