SOLUTION: There were 34,000 people at a ball game in Los Angeles. The day's receipts were $240,000. How many people paid $12 for reserved seats and how many paid $5 for general admission?

Question 116868: There were 34,000 people at a ball game in Los Angeles. The day's receipts were $240,000. How many people paid $12 for reserved seats and how many paid $5 for general admission?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There were 34,000 people at a ball game in Los Angeles. The day's receipts were $240,000. How many people paid $12 for reserved seats and how many paid $5 for general admission?
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Let # of reserved tickets by "x" ; value of these is 12x dollars
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# of gen. adm tickets is 34000-x ; value of these is 5(34000-x) = 170000-5x
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EQUATION:
value + value = 240,000
12x + 170,000-5x = 240,000
7x = 70,000
x = 10,000 (# of reserved tickets sold)
34000-x = 24000 (# of gen adm tickets sold)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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