Problema Solution

You are selling tickets for a school concert. Student tickets cost $4.00 and general admission tickets cost $6.00. You sell 400 tickets and collect &2340. How many of each type of ticket did you sell?

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Let

x = the number of student tickets sold

y = the number of general admission tickets sold

x + y = 400

4x + 6y = 2340

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x = 30 student tickets

y = 370 general admission tickets  

There were 30 student and 370 general admission tickets sold.