number of student tickets --- x
number of adult tickets === 50 - x
solve for x
2x + 3(50-x) = 135
Central Middle School sold 50 tickets for one night of the school play. Student tickets sold for $2 each and adult tickets sold for $3 each. They took in $135. How many of each type of ticket did they sell?
5 answers
30 20
25 adult and 15 student
35 adult and 15 student
Neither me nor my teacher could figure this out. I think this question is rigged.