The equations 5x + 2y = 48 and 3x + 2y = 32 represent the money collected from school concert ticket sales during two class periods. if x represents the cost for each adult ticket and y represents the cost for each student ticket, what is the cost for each adult ticket?

The cost for each adult ticket is $8 and this can be determined by using the substitution method and the given data.

Given :

The equations 5x + 2y = 48 and 3x + 2y = 32 represent the money collected from school concert ticket sales during two class periods.

The following steps can be used in order to determine the cost for each adult ticket:

Step 1 - Write the given equation.

2y = 48 - 5x   --- (1)

3x + 2y = 32   --- (2)

Step 2 - Now, substitute the value of 2y in equation (2).

3x + 48 - 5x = 32

48 - 32 = 2x

x = $8

Step 3 - Now, substitute the value of 'x' in equation (1).

2y = 48 - 5(8)

2y = 48 - 40

2y = 8

y = $4

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Y can be 4 because:

2y = 2*4 = 8

48 - 8 = 40

After that we calculate using 5x:

5x = 40

x = 40 / 5

x = 8

The same logic and numbers can apply to the second equation:

2y = 2*4 = 8

32 - 8 = 24

Now we work with 3x:

3x = 24

x = 24 / 3

x = 8

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72 is the answer to this problem

for a it would be 24 children.

for b i don't understand the question. is it saying for each individual person they pick 5 reds to 7 greens or is it the whole group. clarify and i hope this can you.

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