Problema Solution
Sarah took the advertising department from her company on a round trip to meet with client. Including Sarah a total of 9 people took the trip. She was able to purchase coach tickets for $340 and first class tickets for 990$. She used her total budget which was $6310. How many first class tickets did she buy? How many coach tickets did she buy?
Answer provided by our tutors
Let 'x' represent the number of first class tickets, then '9-x' represents the number of coach tickets.
6310=990x+340(9-x)
x=5
9-5=4
So Sarah purchased 5 first class tickets and 4 coach tickets.