Tickets to a movie cost $7.25 for adults and $5.50 for students. A group of friends purchased 8 tickets for $52.75. How many adult tickets and student tickets were purchased?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-12T04:12:37

5 adult and 3 student tickets were purchased

Let #x# be the number of adult tickets
Then #8-x# is the number of student tickets

#7.25x+5.5(8-x)=52.75#
#7.25x+44-5.5x=52.75#
#1.75x=8.75#
#x=5#

Therefore, 5 adult and 3 student tickets were purchased