SOLUTION: (1 point) A concert venue sold 2225 tickets one evening. Tickets cost $40.00 for a covered pavilion seat and $25.00 for a lawn seat. Total receipts were $70,250.00 . How many of

Question 1049404: (1 point) A concert venue sold 2225 tickets one evening. Tickets cost $40.00 for a covered pavilion seat and $25.00 for a lawn seat. Total receipts were $70,250.00 . How many of each type of ticket were sold?
Lawn tickets:
Pavilion tickets:

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of covered pavillion seats sold
Let = number of lawn seat tickets sold
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(1)
(2)
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(2)
Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(1)
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and
(1)
(1)
(1)
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975 of the covered pavillion seats were sold
1250 of the lawn seat tickets were sold
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check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
OK
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