Can someone help me out please

Okay so i didn't get this problem petro bought 8 tickets to a basketball game he paid a total of $200 write an equation to determine whether each ticket cost $26 or $28 so i didn't get this question so yeahyou have a good day.

Solve for x and y a x= 13.3 y= 16.7 b x= 23.3 y= 12.5 c x= 7.5 y= 16.7 d x=7.5 y= 12.5

Alcoa was $10.02 a share yesterday. today it is at $9.75 a share. if you own 50 shares, did ou have capital gain or loss ? how much of a gain or loss did you have ? express the capital gain/loss as a percent of the original price