Posted by Denis Borris on November 12, 2002 at 03:20:23:
In Reply to: help posted by nicole pettet on November 12, 2002 at 00:21:33:
: for the school play, one adult ticket cost $5.00 and one student ticket cost
: $3.00. Twice as many student tickets as adult tickets were sold. The toltal
: receipts were $1650. How many of each kind of ticket were sold?
a=adult tickets, s=student tickets.
5a + 3s = 1650 [1]
s = 2a [2]
Substitute [2] in [1].
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