Throughout this school year, I have been providing online challenges to my students. With a certain basketball team coming to the Metroplex this weekend, I decided to write a question involving systems of equations and involving families going to see the team.
Names were changed to protect the innocent and the copyrighted.
I look forward to hearing answers from some of you. Enjoy!
The Question...
The Houston Worldwalkers are a comedy basketball team that is coming to town this weekend to play against the European All-Stars. Many families will be attending the Worldwalkers’ show and must pay for adult tickets (for those aged 13 and over) and child tickets (aged 12 and under). All taxes are included in the prices for each type of ticket. The Martinez family has four adults and two children and will be paying $131 in tickets. The Griffin family will be paying $112.30 for two adults and four children to attend the show. The MacGillicudy family will also be going to the event. They have the same number of adults and children in their family. If the MacGillicudy family has $300 to spend on tickets, what is the maximum number of people (total adults and children) the MacGillicudy family has without going over their budget?
