Question

A petting zoo sells two types of tickets. The standard ticket, for admission only, costs $5. The premium ticket, which includes admission and food to give to the animals, costs $12. One Saturday, the petting zoo sold a total of 250 tickets and collected a total of $2,300 from ticket sales. Which of the following systems of equations can be used to find the number of standard tickets, s, and premium tickets, p, sold on that Saturday?

Answer 1

To find the number of standard tickets (s) and premium tickets (p) sold on that Saturday, we can set up a system of equations based on the given information.

Let's use the following equations:

1. The total number of tickets sold: s + p = 250
2. The total amount collected from ticket sales: 5s + 12p = 2300

These equations represent the number of tickets sold and the total amount collected from ticket sales.

Now, you can solve this system of equations to find the values of s and p. Good luck!