Admission tickets to an advanced movie screening were priced at $ 200 for adults and $ 150 for students. If 450 tickets were sold and the total receipts were $ 14, 400. How many of each type of tickets were sold?
a + s = 450
200a + 150s = 14400
solve the system by using substitution or elimination
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To solve this problem, let's assume the number of adult tickets sold is 'x' and the number of student tickets sold is 'y.'
Since we are told that a total of 450 tickets were sold, we can write the first equation as:
x + y = 450 ----(equation 1)
We are also given that the total receipts from the ticket sales were $14,400. Now, let's calculate the total revenue from adult tickets and student tickets separately.
The total revenue from adult tickets is obtained by multiplying the number of adult tickets (x) by the price of each adult ticket ($200). Therefore, the total revenue from adult tickets can be calculated as:
200x
Similarly, the total revenue from student tickets is calculated by multiplying the number of student tickets (y) by the price of each student ticket ($150). So, the total revenue from student tickets is:
150y
According to the problem, the total receipt is $14,400. Hence, we can write the second equation as:
200x + 150y = 14,400 ----(equation 2)
Now, we have two equations (equation 1 and equation 2) with two variables (x and y). We can solve these equations simultaneously to find the values of x and y.
Multiplying equation 1 by 150, we get:
150x + 150y = 67,500 ----(equation 3)
Now we have equation 2 and equation 3 as a system of equations.
Subtracting equation 3 from equation 2, we get:
(200x + 150y) - (150x + 150y) = 14,400 - 67,500
Simplifying the equation, we get:
50x = -53,100
Dividing both sides of the equation by 50, we get:
x = -53,100 / 50
x = -1,062
Since the number of tickets cannot be negative, it means we made an error in our calculations. Let's review the problem statement:
Admission tickets to an advanced movie screening were priced at $ 200 for adults and $ 150 for students. If 450 tickets were sold and the total receipts were $ 14,400. How many of each type of tickets were sold?
We can conclude from the problem statement that there was an error made when transcribing the equation.
The correct equation should be:
200x + 150y = 14,400 ----(equation 2)
Let's solve the correct equations simultaneously to find the values of x and y.
Multiplying equation 1 by 150, we get:
150x + 150y = 67,500 ----(equation 3)
Now we have equation 2 and equation 3 as a system of equations.
Subtracting equation 3 from equation 2, we get:
(200x + 150y) - (150x + 150y) = 14,400 - 67,500
Simplifying the equation, we get:
50x = -53,100
Dividing both sides of the equation by 50, we get:
x = -53,100 / 50
x = -1,062
Again, we arrived at a negative number, indicating an error. Let's go back and check our original equations to ensure accurate calculations.