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15 March, 20:48

There was a total of $548 collected for the school play. the adult tickets cost $6 and the student tickets cost $4. if 12 more student tickets were sold than adult tickets, find the number of adult and student tickets sold.

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  1. 15 March, 22:14
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    You can first make the equations:

    6x+4y=548

    y-12=x

    Here, you can use the substitution method and you get:

    6 (y-12) + 4y=548

    6y-72+4y=548

    10y=620

    y=62

    Then there are 62 student tickets and 50 adult tickets.
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