document.write( "Question 859168: The manager of a theater knows that 900 tickets were sold for a certain performance. If orchestra tickets were sold for $3 each and balcony tickets for $2 each, and if the total receipts were $2300, how many of kind of tickets were sold? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x represent the number of orchestra tickets ⇒ (900-x) are balcony tickets
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document.write( " 3x + 2(900-x) = $2300
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document.write( "       x = 500 orchestra tickets.  There were 400 Balcony tickets    
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document.write( "  $1500 + $800 = $2300
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