a movie theater sold a total of 148 students tickets and adult tickets. each student ticket cost 6$ and each adult tickets cost 9$. if the movie theater made 1,188$ , how many adult tickets did they sell
Let A= adult tickets and S= student tickets A+S=148 9A+6S=1,188 You can plug into a calculator or by hand is shown below -6(A+S)=-6(148) Checking the answer -6A-6S=-888 A=100 + 100+S=148 9A+6S=1,188 S=48 ——————— 9(100)+6(S)=1,188 3A+0S=300 900+6S=1,188 1/3(3A)=1/3(300) 6S=288 A=100 S=48