SOLUTION: Tickets for a certain show cost ​$18​, ​$25​, ​or, for VIP​ seats, ​$39. If tenten times as many ​$18 tickets were sold as VIP​
Algebra.Com
Question 1115924: Tickets for a certain show cost $18, $25, or, for VIP seats, $39. If tenten times as many $18 tickets were sold as VIP tickets, and the number of $18 tickets sold was 56 more than the sum of the number of $25 tickets and VIP tickets, sales of all three kinds of tickets would total $54,988. How many of each kind of ticket would have been sold?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x of the $18 tickets
y of the $25 tickets
z of the $39 VIP tickets
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
If ten times as many $18 tickets were sold as VIP tickets, and the number of $18 tickets sold was 56 more than the sum of the number of $25 tickets and VIP tickets, sales of all three kinds of tickets would total $54,988.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
If take x=10z and substitute for x, then ....
.
.
25*E1,
-------number of VIP tickets
------number of $18 tickets
-------number of $25 tickets
.
RELATED QUESTIONS
A basketball team sells tickets that cost $10, $20, or, for VIP... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com,ikleyn,josgarithmetic)
A basketball team sells tickets that cost $10, $20, or, for VIP... (answered by josgarithmetic,ikleyn,greenestamps)
A basketball team sells tickets that cost $10, $20, or, for VIP... (answered by Mtrkcrc,ikleyn,greenestamps)
Find the following for the function f(x) = 4x+5/6x-7
(a) f(0)... (answered by solver91311)
Find the following for the function f(x)=lxl+20 ....note:the "l" next to x are... (answered by solver91311,Boreal)
For the set A = {6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20}, determine... (answered by stanbon)
On the opening night of a play at a local theater, 992 tickets were sold for a... (answered by josgarithmetic,MathTherapy)
On the opening night of a play at a local theatre, 990 tickets were sold for a... (answered by josmiceli)
For g(x)= -x^2 + 6x - 5
complete the following parts.
a) Determine... (answered by josgarithmetic)