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10 June, 17:37

The lacrosse team is hosting a dance as a fundraiser. They sold 38 more individual tickets than couples tickets and earned a total of $730. Write and solve a system of equations to represent this situation.

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  1. 10 June, 17:48
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    X=ind tickets

    y=coup. tickets x = 38 + y ← # of ticket equation

    3x + 5y = 730 ← $ of equation

    3 (38+y) + 5y = 730

    114 + 3y + 5y = 730

    114 + 8y = 730

    -114 = - 114 → 8y = 616 = y = 77 → x = 38 + y → x=38 + 77 → x = 115

    (115,77)

    15 individual tickets and 77 couple tickets
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