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22 December, 00:13

There were 137 tickets purchased for a major league baseball game the lower box tickets cost $12.50 and the upper box tickets cost $10 the total amount of money spent was $1,502.50 how much of each kind of ticket

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  1. 22 December, 00:59
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    lower box = x

    upper box = y

    x+y=137

    x=137-y

    12.50x + 10y=1502.50

    12.50 (137-y) + 10y=1502.50

    1712.5-12.50y+10y=1502.50

    1712.5-2.50y=1502.50

    -2.5y=-210

    y=-210/-2.50 = 84

    y = 84

    x=137-84=53

    53 lower box tickets

    84 upper box tickets
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