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?

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:

(Eq.1)

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

(Eq.2)

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

Then you sold 22 tickets

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

Therefore your friend sold 36 tickets.

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