Martin was selling tickets for a basketball game in a high school. He sold 1,250 tickets and the total amount collected for the game was $2,750. The student tickets cost $2 each, and adult tickets cost $3 each. How many student and adult tickets were sold?

x = number of students tickets = 1,000

y = number of adults tickets = 250

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x = number of students tickets

y = number of adults tickets

x + y = 1,250 (1)

2x + 3y = 2,750 (2)

Multiply (1) by 2

x + y = 1,250 (1) * 2

2x + 2y = 2,500 (3)

2x + 3y = 2,750 (2)

Subtract (3) from (2) to eliminate x

3y - 2y = 2,750 - 2,500

y = 250

Substitute y = 250 into (1)

x + y = 1,250

x + 250 = 1,250

x = 1,250 - 250

x = 1,000

x = number of students tickets = 1,000

y = number of adults tickets = 250

step-by-step explanation:

i think something is missing in your question because y-1=(x-12) would not pass through the point (-4,-3). because if you replace x by -4 your are supposed to find y=-3 which is not the case her. if you replace x by -4 you find =-15.

i assume the right equation is y-1=1/4*(x-12) because this one is passing through both your points (if you are interested to know how i found that out i can tell you).

in this equation if i replace x by -4 i find y=-3 and if i replace x by 12, i find y=1 so the line representing this equation is passing through those 2 points.

then the standard form of the equation is finding an expression of y in function of x

y-1=1/4*(x-12)

y=x/4-3+1

y=x/4-2

hope that .

do you confirm there was a mistake in the question?