Question

Parents sold 275 tickets for a fundraiser at the community center. Student tickets cost $3, and adult tickets cost $5. The total value of tickets sold is $1,025. Which system of equations represents the problem?

Answer 1

Let s = number of student tickets and a = number of adult tickets. The system is:

s + a = 275
3s + 5a = 1025

(First equation: total tickets; second: $3 per student and $5 per adult gives total $1,025.)