Bill sold 75 tickets for a naked season gig. he sold x £5 tickets and y £8 tickets. he collected £444. how many of each type of ticket did he sell?

 £5 = 52 tickets,  £8 = 23 tickets

Step-by-step explanation:

                      Quantity        Cost

£5 Tickets           x                 5x

£8 Tickets         y                8y    

    TOTAL          75               444

  Cost:     5x + 8y = 444   →  1(5x + 8y = 444)   →    5x + 8y = 444

Quantity:    x +   y =   75   → -5( x +   y =   75)    →   -5x - 5y = -375

                                                                                         3y =  69

                                                                                           y = 23

Input y = 23 into one of the original equations to solve for x:

x +  y  = 75

x + 23 = 75

x         = 52

answer: bea's uncle is 25 years old.

step-by-step explanation:

given the equation , we can say that the variable "x" represents the age of bea's uncle. then to find his age, we need to solve for "x":

we must add 15 to both sides of the equation:

now we need to divide both sides of the equation by 3:

therefore, we can conclude that bea's uncle is 25 years old.

this excerpt is taken from the book “we shall not be moved : the women’s factory strike of 1909 “ and is written by joan dash. it is the story of the great strike when almost 30thousand women working in factories in america formed a union to fight unsafe working conditions, long working hours and miserable wages.

question: which best states the author’s purpose for including this information in the text?

answer: to challenge the reader’s ideas about a historical event