document.write( "Question 340378: a theater charges $4 for main floor seats and $2.50 for balcony seats. If all seats are sold, the ticket income is $2100. At one show, 25% of the main floor seats and 40% of the balcony seats were sold, and ticket income was $600. How many seats are on the main floor and how many are on the balcony? \n" ); document.write( "

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represent the number of main floor seats. Let

represent the number of balcony seats. The value of all of the main floor seats is then

and the value of all of the balcony seats is

. 25% of the value of the main floor seats is

and 40% of the value of the balcony seats is

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Given the box office data we can now write:\r
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which is to say (# main floor seats,# balcony seats) \r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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