Question

A school sells 292 tickets for a basketball game. An adult ticket costs $3. A student ticket cost $1. They collect $470 in tickets sales. Find how many adult and students tickets were sold

Answer 1

3x+y=470
x+y = 292
2x = 470-292 = 178
178/2 = x
x= 89
292 - 89 = y
y = 203
adult tickets = 89
student tickets = 203