There were 53 more nonstudents at a play than students. Student tickets were $5 and nonstudent tickets were $8. If the total revenue for the play was $1451, then how many tickets of each type were sold Solution Say x student tickets So, nonstudent tickets = x + 53 Each student ticket = 5 dollars So, x student tickets generated revenue of 5x dollars Similarly, (x + 53) nonstudent tickets generated 8(x + 53) dollars Now, Total revenue = 5x + 8(x + 53) = 1451 13x + 424 = 1451 13x = 1027 x = 79 Thus : 79 student tickets ---ANSWER 132 nonstudent tickets ---> ANSWER.