Question

There were 287 tickets purchased for a major baseball game. The general admission tickets cost $6.50 and the upper reserved tickets cost $10.00. The total amount of money spent was $2429.00.how many of each kind of ticket were purchased?

Answer 1

6.5g + 10u = 2429
g. +. u= 287

-10g. -. 10u. = -2870
6.5g + 10u =2429

-3.5g = -441

g= 126 general tickets

126 + u = 287

u = 161 upper tickets