Tickets to a local movie were sold $5 for adults and $3.50 for students. If 209 tickets were sold for a

total of $1031.50, how many of each type of ticket were sold?

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Lilian

28 July, 12:06

Tickets to a local movie were sold $5 for adults and $3.50 for students. If 209 tickets were sold for a

total of $1031.50, how many of each type of ticket were sold?

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Kolby Whitehead · Answer 1

adults-200

students-9

Step-by-step explanation:

let x represent adults and y represent students

5x+3.5y=1031.5

I just trialed and errored until I got warmer and warmer.

5*200 is 1000

3.5*9 is 31.5

Tickets to a local movie were sold $5 for adults and $3.50 for students. If 209 tickets were sold for atotal of $1031.50, how many of each type of ticket were sold?

Tickets to a local movie were sold $5 for adults and $3.50 for students. If 209 tickets were sold for a

total of $1031.50, how many of each type of ticket were sold?