You sold tickets to the school play. Advanced tickets were $4. Tickets bought at the door were $5.50. Total ticket sales were $440. Let x represent the nuumber of advanced tickets sold and y represents the number of tickets sold at the door. Write an equation to represent the number of tickets sold.
Here is my equation : 4x+5.5y=440.
then it asked me to find three possible numbers of advanced tickets sold at the door.
How do i solve?
2007-11-19 09:40:36 · 2 answers · asked by mveeyore_luver 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
first possible answer is all tickets are advanced tickets
4x = 440, so x =110 and y = 0
then you subtract 11 tickets off x
4*99 + 5.5y = 440 y = 8
continue with subtract 11 tickets off x and add 8 to y.
you could ans many solutions
you could have any multiply of answers
2007-11-19 09:50:30 · answer #1 · answered by norman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You pick any three numbers to represent y.
0, 2, and 4 are easiest.
Then solve for x with each number
2007-11-19 17:47:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋