SOLUTION: Advanced-purchased tickets to an art exhibition cost $10, while tickets purchased at the door cost $13. If a total of 170 tickets were sold and $2,045 was collected, how many adva

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Question 623663: Advanced-purchased tickets to an art exhibition cost $10, while tickets purchased at the door cost $13. If a total of 170 tickets were sold and $2,045 was collected, how many advanced-purchase tickets were sold?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
Advanced-purchased tickets to an art exhibition cost $10, while tickets purchased at the door cost $13.
If a total of 170 tickets were sold and $2,045 was collected,
how many advanced-purchase tickets were sold?
Question states***
13x + 10(170-x)= $2,045
3x = 345
x = 115, $13 tickets and $10 tickets were sold
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