s = 8 - g
700s + 500g =5000
Substitute 8-g for s in second equation and solve for g. Insert that value into the first equation and solve for s. Check by inserting both values into the second equation.
The booster club sold tickets to a high school basketball game. They sold 700 student tickets and 500 general admission tickets, and raised a total of $5000. The combined cost of one student ticket and one general admission ticket was $8.
The equations and graph below can be used to determine how much each ticket type cost, where s represents the cost of one student ticket and g represents the cost of one general admission ticket.
Total ticket sales: 700s + 500g = $5000
Total cost for one student and one general admission ticket: s + g = 8
What was the price, in dollars, of a general admission ticket?
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