Ask Question
14 February, 02:23

There was a total of $548 collected for the school play. the adult tickets cost $6 and the student tickets cost $4. if 12 more student tickets were sold than adult tickets, find the number of adult and student tickets sold.

+1
Answers (1)
  1. 14 February, 03:43
    0
    You can first make the equations:

    6x+4y=548

    y-12=x

    Here, you can use the substitution method and you get:

    6 (y-12) + 4y=548

    6y-72+4y=548

    10y=620

    y=62

    Then there are 62 student tickets and 50 adult tickets.
Know the Answer?
Not Sure About the Answer?
Find an answer to your question ✅ “There was a total of $548 collected for the school play. the adult tickets cost $6 and the student tickets cost $4. if 12 more student ...” in 📘 Mathematics if you're in doubt about the correctness of the answers or there's no answer, then try to use the smart search and find answers to the similar questions.
Search for Other Answers