SOLUTION: A stadium has 30,000 seats. The home teams gets four times as many tickets as the opposing team. What are the linear equations and how many tickets does each team get?

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Question 570210: A stadium has 30,000 seats. The home teams gets four times as many tickets as the opposing team. What are the linear equations and how many tickets does each team get?
Answer by josmiceli(7367) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let +t+ = number of tickets opposing team gets
+4t+%2B+t+=+30000+
+5t+=+30000+
+t+=+6000+
+30000+-+t+ = number of home team tickets
+30000++-+4t+ = number of tickets opposing team gets