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spring concert. Student tickets (s) cost $5.00 each
and adult tickets (a) cost $8.00 each. If they had
$1,020 in ticket sales, write a system of linear
equations to determine how many adult tickets
they sold.
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s + a = 60
so s = (60-a)
and
5 (60-a) + 8 a = 1020
300 - 5 a + 8 a = 1020
3 a = 720
a = 240
According to the given information, the total number of tickets sold is 60. So, we have the first equation:
a + s = 60
We are also given that the total sales from the tickets amount to $1,020. Since adult tickets cost $8 and student tickets cost $5, we can write the second equation:
8a + 5s = 1020
Therefore, the system of linear equations is:
a + s = 60
8a + 5s = 1020