A school is holding a carnival and hopes to raise $500. Child tickets cost $3 and adult tickets cost $5. If the school sells x child tickets and y adult tickets, then the equation 3x + 5y = 500 expresses the fact that the school raised exactly $500 from ticket sales.

Three friends went on a road trip from phoenix, az, to san diego, ca. mark drove 50 percent of the distance. jason drove 1/8 of the distance. andy drove the remainder of the distance. 1. andy thinks he drove 1/4 of the distance from phoenix, az, to san diego, ca. is andy correct? 2. the distance from phoenix, az, to san diego, ca, is 360 miles. how many miles did each person drive? 3. solve the problem. what is the answer in total?