Tickets To Annual Talent Show

Algebra Level 1

The school that Lisa goes to is selling tickets to the annual talent show. On the first day of ticket sales, the school sold 4 senior citizen tickets and 5 student tickets for a total of $102. The school took in $126 on the second day by selling 7 senior citizen tickets and 5 student tickets. What is the price each of one senior citizen ticket?

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The answer is 8.

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36 solutions

Umer Jutt
Mar 6, 2014

students quantity remains same.... 3 seniors increases..and the increase value of dollars divide by 3...

good

achanta prakash - 7 years, 2 months ago

very gud

sagaya raj - 7 years, 2 months ago

amazing

Muhammad Safwan Inayat - 7 years, 2 months ago

It's tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo easy................................................

Tanzir Hasan Mahim - 7 years, 2 months ago

Why the price of adults so less????(Just asking)

Saurav Sah - 7 years, 1 month ago
Ankit Soni
Mar 16, 2014

let, senior citizen = x and students= y so that , 4x + 5y = $102..........(1) 7x + 5y = $126..........(2) to solve equations we get, x=8 ( senior citizen ).....ans

8

Kundan Rajput - 7 years, 2 months ago
Jia Quan Ng
Mar 19, 2014

Let us say that Senior Citizen=a and student=b

4a=5b=$102 7a=5b=$126 Then eliminate the two solutions. You will get: 3a=$24 a=$8 Easy!!!

Deepak Jain
Apr 10, 2014

Let x be the price for senior citizens

and y be the price for students,By conditions we get

4x+5y=102.............[1]

7x+5y=126.............[2]

By subtracting equation [2] from [1],we get

-3x=-24

x= -24/-3

x=8$

Aryan Gaikwad
Apr 8, 2014

Let cost of senior citizen's ticket be \­(x\­) and student's ticket be \­(y\­).

Given, \­(4x\quad +\quad 5y\quad =\quad 102\­) and

\­(7x\quad +\quad 5y\quad =\quad 126\­)

It can clearly be seen that second equation is \­(3x\­) more than first one.

Difference in the answer = \­(126\quad -\quad 102\quad =\quad 24\­)

Therefore, \­(3x\quad =\quad 24\­)

\­(x\quad =\quad \frac { 24 }{ 3 } \­)

\­(x\quad =\quad 8\­)

So, the cost of Senior Citizen's ticket is 8.

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Aryan Gaikwad - 7 years, 2 months ago
Aravind Raj
Mar 31, 2014

4x+5y=102...........(1) 7x+5y=126...........(2) by sloving this 2 eqns we find that x=8 ;)

Syed Ahsanuddin
Mar 31, 2014

Let x be the price for senior citizens

and y be the price for students,By conditions we get

4x+5y=102.............[1]

7x+5y=126.............[2]

By subtracting equation [2] from [1],we get

-3x=-24

x= -24/-3

x=8$

Pranav Dev
Mar 30, 2014

no. of students remain same subtracting second one from first one we get 3 seniors need Rs.24 so , one senior cost Rs. 8

Manikandan R
Mar 27, 2014

4x+5y=102...............................where x is the price of senior citizen ticket & y is student ticket. 7x+5y=126 By solving the eqn we get the answer like x=8 & y=14. So the price of each of the senior ticket is $8

Shree Lakshmi
Mar 24, 2014

let the price of each student ticket be x and that of senior ticket be y. according to the question, 4x+5y=102 and 7x+5y=126 in both the equations we see that 5y is common, so, we can take that 102-4x=126-7x on solving we get x(price of each senior ticket) =8

Shivam Mahapatra
Mar 20, 2014

4 senior citizen+5 student =102$ 7 senior citizen+5 student=126$ from above two we can say that number of citizen increased=3 and money increased is 126-102=24 therefore 1 senior citizen =24/3=8

Sourav Kabiraj
Mar 19, 2014

4X+5Y=102 and 7X+5Y=126 where X=S.c and Y=st Calculate two equation we get X=8

V Abhishek
Mar 19, 2014

let , a be the cost of ticket foe senior citizen and b be the cost of ticket foe the student

in first day,

he sold 4 ticket for senior citizen and 5 for student at the cost of $102 therefore,

4a + 5b =102

4a + 5b -102 = 0------------------------------------- equation 1

in second day,

he sold 7 ticket for senior citizen and 5 for student at the cost of $126

7a + 5b =126

7a + 5b -126 = 0------------------------------------- equation 11

solving 1 and ii

we get, 3a - 24=0

3a = 24

a=24/3

a=8

cost of ticket for senior citizen =$ 8

7-4= 3

126-102= 24

24÷3= 8

let, senior citizen = x and students= y so that ,

4x + 5y = 102 ............(1)

7x + 5y = 126 ............(2)

-3x = -24

x = -24/-3

x = 8

Chết Chắc
Mar 18, 2014

Assume a = senior and b = student

At first day:

4 a + 5 b = 102 4a + 5b = 102

At second day:

7 a + 5 b = 126 7a + 5b = 126

we can see that in second day, only 3 more senior ticket has sold, so we will have 3 a = 126 102 = 24 3a = 126 - 102 = 24 a = 8 a = 8

Thine Canedo
Mar 17, 2014

126-102= 24 because they have a same number of students you should to subtract it. and the difference, divide in to 3 7-4=3 24/3=8

Ankur Tiwari
Mar 17, 2014

1st Day

4x+5y= 102

2nd Day

7x+5y=126

7x-4x=3x and 126-102=24 So x=8

Khandakar Rahman
Mar 17, 2014

4 SC + 5 St = 102 and 7SC + 5 St = 126 From the above, 1 SC = $ 8

1st Day

4x+5y= 102

2nd Day

7x+5y=126

The student ticket number is same for both day, the only difference is in the senior ticket so 7 x 4 x = 3 x 7x-4x = 3x and 126 102 = 24 126-102 = 24 So x=8.

Soumya Mukhija
Mar 16, 2014

Senior Citizen's ticket = x

Student's ticket = y

So,

4x + 5y = 102 therefore 5y = 102 - 4x -- (1)

7x + 5y = 126 therefore 5y = 126 - 7x -- (2)

(1) = (2)

126 - 7x = 105 - 4x

126 - 105 = -4x + 7x

24 = 3x

x = 8

Simple!

Yogesh Gandhare
Mar 16, 2014

7x + 5y = 126 .......eq1

-(4x + 5y) = -(102) ........eq2

3x =24; x =24/3; Therefore x= 8

(7x+5y=126) .....1 - (4x+5y=102).......2 then ans 3x=24 x=8

priya parade - 7 years, 2 months ago

They are to be solved simultaneously and answer is 8

Sana Noor - 7 years, 2 months ago
Rustan Bugarin
Mar 16, 2014

(4x+5y)-(7x+5y)=102-126 = -3x=-24 = x=8

Umair Shafi
Mar 16, 2014

Suppose "X" be ticket price for the senior citizen

4x+5y=102 - Eq. (1)

7x+5y=126 - Eq. (2)

Subtracting Eq. (2) by (1)

7x+5y=126

4x+5y=102

- - = -


3X+0=24

3X=24

X=24/3

[ X=8] Ans.

You can put this X into any equation to get value of "Y" Thanks

Shuvendu Nandi
Mar 16, 2014

(7x+5y)-(4x+5y)=(126-102) or,3x=24

Neogin Floranza
Mar 16, 2014

4x+5y=102 and 7x+5y=126 (x=8)

y=14

ahm ed - 7 years, 2 months ago
Shubham Garg
Mar 16, 2014

solve the equations : 4x+5y=102 and
7x+5y=126

 where  x=charge of a senior citizen
              y=charge of a student
Naveen S
Mar 16, 2014

Take senior citizen ticket 'a' and student 'b'. the the 1st codition becomes 4a+5b= 102. and second codition becomes 7a+5b=126. equating the thes two equetion we get 3a=24. and 5b get cancel.therfor the value of a (senior citizen ticket)=8

Suraqa Yaseen
Mar 16, 2014

Let the value of senior citizen ticket be 'x', and 'y' the value of student ticket. The two equations become: 4x+5y=102---->eq(i) 7x+5y=126---->eq(ii) By eliminating y from the above equations using substitution method we can find the value of x. 4x+5y=102 => y=102-4x/5----->eq(iii) By substituting the value of y in eq(ii) the equation becomes: 7x+5(102-4x/5)=126 => x=8

your third equetion is wrong. and how to get x=8

Naveen S - 7 years, 2 months ago
Donna Villarosa
Mar 15, 2014

solving it in systems ....let a= senior tickets ... let b= children tickets i used subtraction to eliminate the children tickets

7a+5b=126 ---> 2nd given

- 4a+5b=102 ---->1st given

3a = 24

3a/3 = 24/3 a= 8

absolutely write

Naveen S - 7 years, 2 months ago
Swapnil Ramgirwar
Mar 15, 2014

4x+5y=102, 7x+5y=126, here, 'x' is senior ticket's prize and 'y' is student's ticket prize. So on solving these two equations for x, we get x=$8.

Nisar Ahmed
Mar 5, 2014

in first and 2nd day student quantity remains same only senors quntity incresse 3 and cost incresses 24 so 24/3=8

thanks for the nice tip.

Arneil Aclo - 7 years, 2 months ago
Vedika Rathi
Mar 5, 2014

Let the price ticket for an seniors be x & for students be y. Therefore 4x + 5y = 102.....................eq 1 7x + 5y = 126......................eq 2 Subtracting eq 1 from eq 2 we get 3x=24 x=8 Ans is 8.

Next time write the solution neatly so that other could understand it.

Prasad Nikam - 7 years, 3 months ago

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Thanks for your beautiful tip.

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Ng Yi
Jul 8, 2014

There is no difference between the student ticket sale on both days. So, we take the difference of the senior citizen tickets and the difference of the total amount of money. Then, just divide the difference of the total amount of money and the difference of the senior citizen tickets.

Hello, let the ticket prices of senior citizen = x , student = y,

4x + 5y = 102

7x + 5y = 126 , by eliminating of y,

-3x = -24

x = 8 , y = 14

therefore , x = $8 each...

In each case,the number of students are same.But the number of senior citizen increases and the amount of dollar also increases. 24 dollars are increased for 3 senior citizen. so 8 dollars for each senior citizen.

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