The ice rink sold 97 tickets for the afternoon session, for a total of

Question

$765. General admission tickets cost
$10 and youth tickets cost
$5 each. How many of each kind of tickets were sold?

Answer 1

g = general admission
y = youth ticket

g + y = 97
10g + 5y = 765

g = 97 - y
10(97 - y) + 5y = 765

970 - 10y + 5y = 765
-5y = -205
y = 41

g + 41 = 97
g = 56