Isra was selling tickets at the middle school dance. At the end of the evening, she picked up the cash box and noticed a dollar lying on the floor next to it. She said, “I wonder whether the dollar belongs inside the cash box or not.”

The price of tickets for the dance was 1 ticket for $5 (for individuals) or 2 tickets for $8 (for couples). She looked inside the cash box and found $200 and ticket stubs for the 47 students in attendance. Does the dollar belong inside the cash box or not?
Create 2 equations, one for the money and one for the number of tickets. Then use graphing, substitution, or elimination to find the variables.

Pick 2 numbers, one for the couples tickets and one for the singles tickets. Check if they’re correct by plugging them into both equations.