members of the basketball team sold raffle tickets to raise money for new equipment the first 30 tickets sold for $5 each to sell more tickets the players lowered the price of each of each ticket to the $3 if the team raised a total of $285 how many $3 tickets were sold
The first 30 tickets at $5 a piece resulted in $150, 30x5 We need to solve for the $3 tickets Total is 285 subtracting the $5 ticket total of 150 285-150=135 Divide 135 by 3 135/3=45 this means 45 $3 tickets were sold
