Write and solve a system of equations for each situation.

1.Your school sells tickets for its winter concert. Student tickets are $5 and adult tickets are $10. If your school sells 85 ticket and makes $600, how many of each ticket did they sell?
-Could someone tell me how to write the equations? Thanks

2 answers

Work with the number of tickets, and then with the amount of money.

s + a = 85
5s + 10a = 600
a=35

s=50
Similar Questions
    1. answers icon 4 answers
  1. Solve using system ofbequations to solve the problem.Write a system of equations to solve the problem. A local theater sells out
    1. answers icon 1 answer
    1. answers icon 1 answer
  2. Write a system of equations to solve the problem.A local theater sells out for their show. They sell at 500 tickets for a total
    1. answers icon 1 answer
more similar questions