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Two hamburgers and three cokes cost $10.50. Four
hamburgers and four cokes cost $18.00. Find the cost of
one hamburger and one coke.
The total attendance at a school
play was 1250. The cost of the
tickets were $6.00 for students
and $7.50 for adults. The school
drama club had a revenue total of
$8362.50. How many of each
ticket was sold?
The play
Let a = the number of adults
Let s = the number of students
$7.50(a
s=
1250 )
a
++ s=
1250
$7.50 a + $6.00s = $8362.50
Answer: Adults = 575,
Students = 675
The tickets for a dance recital cost $5.00 for adults and
$2.00 for children. If 295 tickets were sold and $1,220
was collected, how many of each type of ticket were
sold?
A total of 600 tickets were sold for a concert. Twice as
many tickets were sold in advance as were sold at the
door. How many of each type of ticket were sold?
The ninth graders at a high school are raising money by
selling T-shirts and baseball caps. The number of Tshirts sold was three times the number of caps. The
profit they received for each T-shirt sold was $5.00, and
the profit on each cap was $2.50. If the students made a
total profit of $210, how many T-shirts and how many
caps were sold?
Vanessa has $9.75 in dimes and quarters. If she
has 75 coins, how many of each type of coin
does she have?
Using only 32-cent and 20-cent stamps, Charlie put $3.36
postage on a package he sent to his sister. He used
twice as many 32-cent stamps as 20-cent stamps.
Determine how many of each type of stamp he used.