Problema Solution
Sarah took the advertising department from her company on a round trip to meet with a potential client. Including Sarah a total of
9
people took the trip. She was able to purchase coach tickets for
$260
and first class tickets for
$1280.
She used her total budget for airfare for the trip, which was
$6420.
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.
260x+1280(9-x)=6420
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x = 5 first class tickets
9-5 = 4 coach tickets
So Sarah purchased 5 first class tickets and 4 coach tickets.