SOLUTION: it will cost 4500 to produce the school play. if tickets cost 12 each how many tickets does the school need to sell to make a 1,500 profit?

SOLUTION: it will cost 4500 to produce the school play. if tickets cost 12 each how many tickets does the school need to sell to make a 1,500 profit?

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Question 307575: it will cost 4500 to produce the school play. if tickets cost 12 each how many tickets does the school need to sell to make a 1,500 profit?
Answer by sierra1367(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
At $12 a ticket, the school will have to sell 500 tickets to make a profit of $1,500.
1,500 + 4,500= 6,000
6,000/12= 500
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