Question

Sam is selling student tickets for $2 chad is selling adult tickets for $5.50, if the total outcome for 24 tickets was $83 how many tickets did sam sell

Answer 1

Sam sold 14 tickets

Explanation:

Let s represent the number of tickets Sam sold. Then the number Chad sold was (24-s) and the total revenue was ...

2s +5.50(24-s) = 83

-3.50s + 132 = 83 . . . . simplify

-3.50s = -49 . . . . . . . . .subtract 132

s = -49/-3.50 = 14 . . . . divide by the coefficient of s

Sam sold 14 tickets.