a theater group made appearances in two cities. the hotel charge before tax in the second city was $500 higher than in the first. the tax in the first city was 3%, and the tax in the second city was 5.5%. the total hotel tax paid for the two cities was $388.75. how much was the hotel charge in each city before tax?

Sarah took the advertising department from her company on a round trip to meet with a potential client. including sarah a total of 11 people took the trip. she was able to purchase coach tickets for $280 and first class tickets for $1280. she used her total budget for airfare for the trip, which was $6080. how many first class tickets did she buy? how many coach tickets did she buy?