document.write( "Question 974328: tickets to a concert are 5 dollars for balcony and 10 for orchestra. if the attendance at one show was 800 and if receipts were $700, how many people bought orchestra seats
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Algebra.Com's Answer #596252 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Right from the beginning, this can't be solved. \n" ); document.write( "Attendance is 800, and even if all the tickets were for the balcony only, the receipts would be $4000. I will edit to $7000 receipts, instead of $700. \n" ); document.write( ".\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "concert=x \n" ); document.write( "orchestra= 800-x\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5x+10(800-x)=7000\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5x+8000-10x=7000 \n" ); document.write( "-5x=-1000 \n" ); document.write( "x=200 \n" ); document.write( "800-x=600\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Check \n" ); document.write( "200*5=1000 \n" ); document.write( "600*10=6000\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This works \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |