The school production of Our Town' was a big success. For opening night. 434 tickets were sold. Students paid $4.00 each, while non students paid $6.00 each. If a total of $2032.00 was collected, how many students and how many non students attended

The number of students was (Simplify your answer)

The number of non-students was (Simplify your answer)

286 students attended

148 non students attended

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Solving (a): Number of students

Represent students with S and non students with N

So:

--- (1)

--- (2)

Make N the subject of formula in (1)

Substitute 434 - S for N in (2)

Open Bracket

Collect Like Terms

Divide through by -2

Hence; 286 students attended

Solving (b):

Recall that

148 non students attended

36 is the final answer! : )

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