Problema Solution
Tickets for a school event were $2.17 for students and $3.50 for parents. If a total of 58 tickets were sold for $178.25, how many student and parent tickets were sold?
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The problem statement contains an error since the number of tickets can not be calculated as a whole number.
Let 'x' represent the number of students, then '58-x' represents the number of parents:
178.25=2.17x+3.50(58-x)
x=18.609...
Simply use doyourmath.com to enter the correct value for the student costs... something like $2.17 is probably intended to be $2.50... but that is also not a whole number.