Problema Solution

Two hundred tickets were sold for a baseball game, which amounted to $840. Student tickets cost $3, and adult tickets cost $5.

Let x be the number of student tickets sold and y be the number of adult tickets sold.Use the substitution method to determine how many of each type of tickets were sold.

Answer provided by our tutors

3x + 5y = 840

x + y = 200

Solving

x = 80, y = 120

student ticket = 80

adult ticket = 120