SOLUTION: At a concert, orchestra seats sell for $15 each and balcony seats sell for $10 each. If 324 orchestra seats were sold and the box office collected $ 7540, how many balcony seats we

SOLUTION: At a concert, orchestra seats sell for $15 each and balcony seats sell for $10 each. If 324 orchestra seats were sold and the box office collected $ 7540, how many balcony seats we

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Question 33990: At a concert, orchestra seats sell for $15 each and balcony seats sell for $10 each. If 324 orchestra seats were sold and the box office collected $ 7540, how many balcony seats were sold?
Answer by fanism(39) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x = # of balcony sold
therefore,
15(324) + 10x = 7540
4860 + 10x = 7540
10x = 2680
x = 268

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