pA carnival sold tickets for $1.50 for adults and $1.00 for students. There were 54 tickets sold for a total of $70.50. Write a system of equations to represent the number of adult tickets, x, and the number of student tickets, y. Find the solution and explain what it means?

These equations are conveniently solved by eliminating the variable representing the lowest-price tickets (y). Here, we can simply subtract the first equation from the second:

(1.50x +1.00y) -(x + y) = (70.50) -(54)

0.50x = 16.50 . . . . simplify

x = 33 . . . . . . . . . . . multiply by 2

y = 54 -x = 21 . . . . . find the value of y

Given the definitions of the variables, (x, y) = (33, 21) means 33 adult ticket and 21 student tickets were sold.

pA carnival sold tickets for $1.50 for adults and $1.00 for students. There were 54 tickets sold for a total of $70.50. Write a system of equations to represent the number of adult tickets, x, and the number of student tickets, y. Find the solution and explain what it means?​

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pA carnival sold tickets for $1.50 for adults and $1.00 for students. There were 54 tickets sold for a total of $70.50. Write a system of equations to represent the number of adult tickets, x, and the number of student tickets, y. Find the solution and explain what it means?