Question

The admission for a school play is $4.00 for students and $2.00 for adults. On Saturday 200 people attended with ticket sales totaling $500. Which system of equations would be used to solve this problem?

Answer 1

`{(s+a=200),(4s+2a=500):}`

Explanation:

Let
`color(white)("XXX")s =` number of students
`color(white)("XXX")a =` number of adults
and the equations in the answer (above) should follow as a direct algebraic translation.