Atotal of 1000 people attended a benefit concert was held to raise money for a children foundation. student
ticket cost $2 and an adult ticket cost $3. if the organizer raises a total of $5500, how many students attended
the concert?
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Problem can not be solved

Step-by-step explanation:

* Lets explain how to solve the problem

- A total of 1000 people attended a benefit concert was held to raise

 money for a children foundation

∴ The number of students and adult is 1000

- Student  ticket cost $2 and an adult ticket cost $3

∴ The cost of the student ticket is $2

∴ The cost of the adult ticket is $3

- The organizer raises a total of $5500

∴ The total money earns fro tickets is $5500

- Assume that the number of students who attended the concert

 is x and the number of adults is y

- There are 1000 students and adults attended the concert

∴ x + y = 1000 ⇒ (1)

- The cost of student ticket is $2

∴ The money earned from students is 2 × x = 2x dollars

- The cost of adult ticket is $3

∴ The money earned from adults is 3 × y = 3y dollars

- The total money earned from students and adults is $5500

∴ 2x + 3y = 5500 ⇒ (2)

* Now lets solve the two equation by elimination method

- Multiply equation (1) by -3 to eliminate y

∴ (-3)x + (-3)y = (-3) × 1000

∴ -3x - 3y = -3000 ⇒ (3)

- Add equations (2) and (3)

∴ -x = 2500

- Multiply both sides by -1

∴ x = -2500

∵ x represents the number of the students and never the number

  of student be negative , then the problem can not be solved

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payment for service including tax

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explanation:

service only with 20% tip  

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in the opening of the question the word 'service' is associated only with the pretax value.

the closing part of the question asks: how much did she pay for the  

service

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so technically the answer is  

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72.6

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however, the intention of the question provider may have been that your answer is to be  

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payment just for service  

→

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payment for service including tax

→

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tony b

mar 21, 2017

answer:

trying to explain it another way

explanation:

service charge  

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$

72.60

20% tip  

20

100

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add

$

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8

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6.97

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$

94.09

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