Tickets to a movie cost $7.25 for adults and $5.50 for students. A group of friends purchased 8 tickets for $52.75. How many adult tickets and student tickets were purchased?

Answer 1

Have you tried using algebra?

A + S = 8

725 A + 550 S = 5275

Solve those equations for A and S.

Hint: subsitute 8-S for A in the second equation