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&#8203

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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

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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.
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If take x=10z and substitute for x, then ....

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25*E1,


-------number of VIP tickets

------number of $18 tickets

-------number of $25 tickets
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