SOLUTION: There were 770 tickets sold for a ballet performance at the CCP. The tickets cost P2,500 for semi-VIP seats and P5000 for VIP seats. A total of P2,800,000 was collected. How many o
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Question 169337: There were 770 tickets sold for a ballet performance at the CCP. The tickets cost P2,500 for semi-VIP seats and P5000 for VIP seats. A total of P2,800,000 was collected. How many of each kind of ticket were sold?
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Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2,500x+5,000(770-x)=2,800,000
2,500x+3,850,000-5,000x=2,800,000
-2,500x=2,800,000-3,850,000
-2,500x=-1,050,000
x=-1,050,000/-2,500
x=420 semi-VIP tickets sold.
770-420=350 VIP tickets sold.
Proof:
2,500*420+5,000*350=2,800,000
1,050,000+1,750,000=2,800,000
2,800,000=2,800,000
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