Ben sold 50 tickets to a basketball game.

Adult tickets are $5 each and student tickets are $3 each.
He collected $180 total.

How many adult tickets did he sell?
How many student tickets did he sell?

I'm not too sure what math i should be doing.

The subject for this question is Math,or Algebra, not ISAT.

Value of tickets:
5A+3S=180
Number of tickets:
S+A=50

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my teacher told us to add 4765 by 56437 them divide it by5. wil it come out even?

To solve this problem, you can set up a system of equations and use algebra to find the number of adult and student tickets sold.

Let's assume x represents the number of adult tickets sold and y represents the number of student tickets sold.

We know that Ben sold a total of 50 tickets, so the first equation is:
x + y = 50

We also know that the total amount collected from ticket sales was $180. Since each adult ticket costs $5 and each student ticket costs $3, we can create a second equation:
5x + 3y = 180

Now we have a system of equations. To solve it, we can use the method of substitution or elimination.

Let's use the method of substitution:

1. Solve the first equation for x:
x = 50 - y

2. Substitute x in the second equation:
5(50 - y) + 3y = 180

Multiply 5 by each term inside the parentheses:
250 - 5y + 3y = 180

Combine like terms:
-2y = -70

Divide by -2 to isolate y:
y = 35

3. Substitute y back into the first equation to find x:
x + 35 = 50
x = 15

So, Ben sold 15 adult tickets and 35 student tickets.