SOLUTION: There were 592 tickets purchased for a major league baseball game. The general admission  tickets cost ​$6.50 and the upper reserved tickets cost ​$8.00. Th

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Question 1110058: There were 592 tickets purchased for a major league baseball game. The general admission  tickets cost ​$6.50 and the upper reserved tickets cost ​$8.00. The total amount of money spent was ​$4199.00. How many of each kind of ticket were​ purchased?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Typical two-variable, two-equation, linear system of equations example.

g, general admission
r, upper reserved


Answer by ikleyn(52776)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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To see other similar solved problems of this type, look into the lesson
    - Using systems of equations to solve problems on tickets
    - Three methods for solving standard (typical) problems on tickets
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The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic "Systems of two linear equations in two unknowns".


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