Problema Solution
tickets for a play were $3 for students and $5 for non-students. On opening night 937 tickets were sold and $3943 was collected. How many tickets were sold to students? Non-students?
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let
s = the number of student tickets sold
n = the number of non-student tickets sold
On opening night 937 tickets were sold:
s + n = 937
$3943 was collected:
3s + 5n = 3943
by solving the system of equations
s + n = 937
3s + 5n = 3943
we find
s = 371 tickets
n = 566 tickets
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there are 371 student tickets sold and 566 non-student tickets sold.