SOLUTION: For a student club fundraiser, the number of $2.00 raffle tickets printed was three times the number of $5.00 raffle tickets. If all of the tickets are sold, receipts from the $5.
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Question 143371: For a student club fundraiser, the number of $2.00 raffle tickets printed was three times the number of $5.00 raffle tickets. If all of the tickets are sold, receipts from the $5.00 tickets will be $50.00 less than those from the $2.00 tickets. How many $5.00 tickets were printed?
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the number of $2.00 raffle tickets printed was three times the number of $5.00
raffle tickets. If all of the tickets are sold, receipts from the $5.00 tickets
will be $50.00 less than those from the $2.00 tickets. How many $5.00 tickets were printed?
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Let x = no. of $5 tickets
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It said," the number of $2.00 raffle tickets printed was three times the number of $5.00 raffle tickets. ", therefore:
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3x = no. $2 tickets
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Write an equation from the statement:
"receipts from the $5.00 tickets will be $50.00 less than those from the $2.00 tickets."
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2(3x) = 5x + 50
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6x - 5x = 50
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x = 50 ea $5 tickets were sold
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Check solution: 3*50 = 150 ea $2 tickets
2*150 = 300
5*50 = 250
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differ $50
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