Problema Solution
The attendance at a baseball game was 400 people. student tickets cost two dollars and adult tickets cost three dollars. total ticket sales were $1050 how many tickets of each type or sold.
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Let
a = the number of adult tickets sold, a>=0
s = the number of student tickets sold, s>=0
Assuming that each person bought only one tickets we have:
a + s = 400
Total ticket sales were $1050:
3a + 2s = 1050
We have the following system of equations:
a + s = 400
3a + 2s = 1050
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a = 250 adult tickets
s = 150 student tickets
There were 250 adult and 150 student tickets sold.