At Friday's football game, 1294 tickets were sold for a total amount of $8,816.00. If each student ticket costs $5.00, and each adult ticket costs $8.00, how many student tickets were purchased?

Answer: x = # of student tickets

y = # of adult tickets

x + y = 1294 >> y = 1294 - x

5x + 8y = 8816

5x + 8y = 8816

5x + 8 (1294 - x) = 8816

5x + 10,352 - 8x = 8816

-3x + 10,352 = 8816

-3x = - 1536

x = 512 student tickets

512 student tickets were purchased.

(B)