Question

Adult tickets to a basketball game cost $5. Student tickets cost $1. A total of $2,656 was collected on the sale of 1,116 tickets. How many of each type of ticket were sold?

Answer 1

Answer:

385  -Adult tickets

731 - Student tickets

Step-by-step explanation:

1x + 5y = 2656

x+y = 1116

1116 - y + 5y = 2656

4y = 1,540

y = 1,540/4

y = 385

x = 731