Answer:
The system of equation is<u> </u><u>X+Y=29</u> and <u>70X+80Y=2130</u><u>.</u> John sold <u>19</u> General admission tickets and 10 VIP tickets.
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>System of Equations:</u>
(I)
Let
Number of General Tickets sold = X
Number of VIP Ticket sold = Y
John sold total 29 tickets, including General and VIP tickets.
So, System of equation for total number of tickets is
X+Y=29 (Number of VIP Ticket sold + Number of General Tickets sold = 29)
(II)
His total sales was $2130
Price per General ticket = 70
Price per VIP ticket = 80
Sales from General tickets = 70X (Price per General ticket*Number of General Tickets sold)
Sales from VIP tickets = 80Y (Price per VIP ticket*Number of VIP Tickets sold)
So, Second equation will be
Total Sales = Sales from General tickets + Sales from VIP tickets
$2130 = 70X + 80Y
<u>System of Equations:</u>
X + Y = 29 (Equation 1)
70X+80Y=2130 (Equation 2)
by multiplying Equation 1 with 70 to make the equation solvable.
70X+70Y=29*70
70X+70Y=2030 (Equation 3)
Substracting Equation 3 from Equation 2
(70X+80Y) - (70X+70Y) = 2130 - 2030
70X + 80Y - 70X - 70Y = 100
70X - 70X + 80Y - 70Y = 100
10Y = 100
Y = 100/10
Y = 10
By putting value of Y in Equation 1
X + 10 = 29
X = 29 - 10
X = 19
<u>Check</u>
By putting value of X and Y in Equation 2
70*19 + 80*10 = 2130
1330 + 800 = 2130
2130 = 2130
Hence equation is balanced and the values of X and Y is calculated accurately.