The school sold 300 tickets for a school play and collected a total of $1,150.

Student tickets cost $3.00 and adult tickets cost $5.00.
How many students attended the play ?

Let's assume "s" represents the number of student tickets sold and "a" represents the number of adult tickets sold.

From the given information, we have two pieces of information:

1. The school sold a total of 300 tickets: s + a = 300

2. The school collected a total of $1,150: 3s + 5a = 1150

We can use these two equations to solve for the values of s and a.

Let's use the substitution method to solve the system of equations:

From the first equation, we can solve for s in terms of a:
s = 300 - a

Substitute this value of s into the second equation:
3(300 - a) + 5a = 1150
900 - 3a + 5a = 1150
2a = 1150 - 900
2a = 250
a = 250 / 2
a = 125

Now, substitute this value of a back into the first equation to solve for s:
s + 125 = 300
s = 300 - 125
s = 175

Therefore, the number of students who attended the play is 175.

To find out how many students attended the play, we need to determine how many student tickets were sold.

Let's assign some variables to help us solve the problem:
S = number of student tickets sold
A = number of adult tickets sold

From the problem, we know the following information:
S + A = 300 (The total number of tickets sold is 300)
3S + 5A = 1150 (The total amount collected from ticket sales is $1150)

To solve this system of equations, we can use a method called substitution.

Rearranging the first equation, we get:
S = 300 - A

We can substitute this value of S into the second equation:
3(300 - A) + 5A = 1150

Expanding and simplifying, we get:
900 - 3A + 5A = 1150
2A = 1150 - 900
2A = 250
A = 250 / 2
A = 125

So, 125 adult tickets were sold.

Now, substitute this value of A back into the first equation to find the value of S:
S + 125 = 300
S = 300 - 125
S = 175

Therefore, 175 student tickets were sold, which means that 175 students attended the play.

didnt find the correct answer

Plug and Chug

3 s + 5 a = 1150
but
s+a = 300 so a = 300-s

3 s + 5 (300-s) = 1150

3 s + 1500 - 5 s = 1150

2 s = 350

s = 175