Question

Tickets for the school concert were 3$ and 2$. If 245 tickets were sold for a total of $630, how much of each kind were sold?

Answer 1

2x + 3y = 630
x + y = 245 then you want to get rid of x so in the second equation × by -2 and get -2x -2y =-490 subtract this equation from the first to get y=$140 substitute 140 in for y and get x= $105 and 2x=210 and 3y=420 210 +420=630