Question

A community center sells a total of 299 tickets for a basketball game. An adult ticket costs ​$4. A student ticket costs ​$1. The sponsors collect ​$587 in ticket sales. Find the number of each type of ticket sold.

Answer 1

Answer:

• 96 adult tickets
• 203 student tickets

Step-by-step explanation:

The most expensive ticket is the adult ticket, so we'll use "a" to represent the number of those sold. Then (299-a) student tickets were sold, and total revenue was ...

  4a +1(299-a) = 587

  3a = 288

  a = 96

96 adult tickets and 203 student tickets were sold.