Problema Solution

The school production of our town was a big success, for opening night, 509 tickets were sold, students paid 2.00 each, while non-students paid 4.00 each. If a total of 1416.00 was collected, how many students and how many non students attended

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Let

x = number of student tickets sold

y = number of non-student tickets sold

x + y = 509

2x + 4y = 1416

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x = 310 student tickets

y = 199 non-student tickets

310 students and 199 non-students attended.