Problema Solution
Adult tickets to the fall play cost $6 and student tickets cost $3. The drama class sold 25 more student tickets than adult tickets to the fall play. If the class collected $660 from ticket sales, how many adult tickets were sold?
The drama class sold _____ student tickets.
Answer provided by our tutors
Let
s = the number of student tickets sold
a = the number of adult tickets sold
The drama class sold 25 more student tickets than adult tickets to the fall play
s = a + 25
The class collected $660 from ticket sales:
6s + 3a = 660 divide both sides by 3
2s + a = 220
by solving the system of equations
s = a + 25
2s + a = 220
we find
s = 81.67 student tickets
a = 56.67 adult tickets
Since the number of tickets needs to be integer numbers there might be some mistake with the numbers in the problem.