SOLUTION: Can someone please show me the steps on how to do this, so I can understand how to do it?? Admission to a baseball game is $4.00 for general admission and $5.50 for reserves seats.

Question 1074606: Can someone please show me the steps on how to do this, so I can understand how to do it?? Admission to a baseball game is $4.00 for general admission and $5.50 for reserves seats. The receipts were $5656.50 for 1296 paid admission. How many of each ticket were sold?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First name the variables,
G-general admission tickets sold
R-Reserve tickets sold.
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1.
and
2.
Multiply eq. 1 by 4 and subtract from eq. 2 to eliminate G.

Now solve for R, then use either equation to solve for G.
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