SOLUTION: For the Mr. Arlington contest, there were 206 more tickets sold at the door than were sold in advance. The tickets sold at the door cost $10 and the tickets sold in advance cost $6

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Question 214817: For the Mr. Arlington contest, there were 206 more tickets sold at the door than were sold in advance. The tickets sold at the door cost $10 and the tickets sold in advance cost $6. The total amount of sales for both types of tickets was $6828. How many of each type of ticket was sold?

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For the Mr. Arlington contest, there were 206 more tickets sold at the door than were sold in advance. The tickets sold at the door cost $10 and the tickets sold in advance cost $6. The total amount of sales for both types of tickets was $6828. How many of each type of ticket was sold?

Step 1. Let x be the number of tickets sold in advance.

Step 2. Let x+206 be the number of tickets sold at the door.

Step 3. Let 6x be the cost of the tickets sold in advance.

Step 4. Let 10(x+206) be the cost of the tickets sold at the door.

Step 5. Then 6x+10(x+206)=6828 be the cost of the total tickets sold.

Step 6. The following steps will solve the equation in Step 5.

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  • This is an equation! Solutions: x=298.
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  • Text form: 6x+10*(x+206)=6828 simplifies to 0=0
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DETAILED EXPLANATION

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Expanded term 10 by using associative property on %28x%2B206%29
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Multiplied numerator integers
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Added fractions or integers together
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Removed extra sign in front of -4768
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Eliminated similar terms highlight_red%28+6%2Ax+%29,highlight_red%28+10%2Ax+%29 replacing them with highlight_green%28+%286%2B10%29%2Ax+%29
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Added fractions or integers together
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Solved linear equation highlight_red%28+16%2Ax-4768=0+%29 equivalent to 16*x-4768 =0
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Result:
This is an equation! Solutions: x=298.

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With x=298 , then x+206=298+206=504

Step 7. The number of tickets sold in advance is 298 and the number of tickets sold at the door is 504.

I hope the above steps were helpful.

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Respectfully,
Dr J
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