Answer:
Part a) 3.5 weeks
Part b) 185 tickets
Step-by-step explanation:
Part a) After how much time have the same number of tickets been sold for both festivals?
Let
x -----> the number of weeks
y ----> the number of tickets sold
we have
Country Music Festival
[tex]y=10x+150[/tex] ----> equation A
Pop Music Festival
[tex]y=20x+115[/tex] ----> equation B
Equate equation A and equation B
[tex]20x+115=10x+150[/tex]
solve for x
[tex]20x-10x=150-115[/tex]
[tex]10x=35[/tex]
[tex]x=3.5\ weeks[/tex]
Part b) What is the number of tickets sold at that time?
substitute the value of x=3.5 weeks in the linear equation A or linear equation B
[tex]y=10(3.5)+150[/tex]
[tex]y=35+150[/tex]
[tex]y=185\ tickets[/tex]