Homework Help: Math

Posted by Shadow on Sunday, October 30, 2011 at 9:11pm.

Write and solve a system of equations for each situation.

1.Your school sells tickets for its winter concert. Student tickets are $5 and adult tickets are $10. If your school sells 85 ticket and makes $600, how many of each ticket did they sell?
-Could someone tell me how to write the equations? Thanks

Math - Steve, Monday, October 31, 2011 at 11:53am
Work with the number of tickets, and then with the amount of money.

s + a = 85
5s + 10a = 600
Math - Joe, Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 2:37am
a=35

s=50

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