A school drama department sells 40 more student tickets than adult tickets. Charging $8 for adult tickets and $6 for student tickets, the drama department raises a total of $1,920 in ticket sales. Let x represent the number of adult tickets sold and y represent the number of student tickets sold. Which system of equations can be used to find how many of each ticket is sold?
A school drama department sells 40 more student tickets than adult tickets. Charging $8 for adult tickets and $6 for student tickets, the drama department raises a total of $1,920 in ticket sales. Let x represent the number of adult tickets sold and y represent the number of student tickets sold. Which system of equations can be used to find how many of each ticket is sold?

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Answer:

They sold 210 adult tickets

Step-by-step explanation:

6(40)+8x=1920

240+8x=1920

-240      -240

8x=1680

/8      /8

x=210

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