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You and your friend are selling raffle tickets for a new laptop. you sell 14 more then your friend sells. Together you and your friend sell 58 tickets. Write a system of linear equations that represent this situation. How many did each of you sell?

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Answer:

[tex]y=x+14[/tex]

[tex]x+y=58[/tex]

You sold 22 tickets and your friend sold 36 tickets.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Let´s name the variables as the following:

x = quantity of tickets sold by you

y = quantity of tiquets sold by your friend

2. As you sold 14 more than your friend, the first equation is:

[tex]y=x+14[/tex] (Eq.1)

3. As together sold 58 tickets, the second equation is:

[tex]x+y=58[/tex] (Eq.2)

4. Replacing the Eq. 1 in Eq. 2:

[tex]x+x+14=58[/tex]

[tex]2x+14=58[/tex]

[tex]2x=58-14[/tex]

[tex]2x=44[/tex]

[tex]x=\frac{44}{2}[/tex]

[tex]x=22[/tex]

Then you sold 22 tickets

5. Replacing the value of x result in Eq.1:

[tex]y=x+14[/tex]

[tex]y=22+14[/tex]

[tex]y=36[/tex]

Therefore your friend sold 36 tickets.

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