SOLUTION: Tickets for one show on the Harlem Globetrotters '2006 "Unstoppable" Tour cost $14, $20, or, for VIP seats, $50. So far, five times as many $14 tickets have been sold as VIP ticket

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Question 283125: Tickets for one show on the Harlem Globetrotters '2006 "Unstoppable" Tour cost $14, $20, or, for VIP seats, $50. So far, five times as many $14 tickets have been sold as VIP tickets. The number of $14 tickets is 15 more than the sum of the number of $20 tickets and the number of VIP tickets. Sales of all three kinds of tickets total $11,700. how many of each kind of ticket have been sold?
Answer by richwmiller(17219)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

v=vip $50
m= middle price $20
r=regular admission $14
50v+20m+14r=11700
5v=r
r=15+m+v
m = 225, r = 300, v = 60

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