document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1043741>Question 1043741</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve and fill in the blanks:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Eddy has a ticket to every home game the St. Louis Cardinals play. If he sells his ticket for a weekday game, he gets $120. If he sells his ticket for a weekend game, he gets $250. Last year, Eddy sold his tickets to 23 games and made a total of $3,540 from selling his tickets. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Complete the following sentences.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Eddy sold ___ tickets to weekday games and ___ tickets to weekend games. Next year, Eddy plans to sell his tickets for the same prices, but to twice as many weekday games and one-third as many weekend games. According to this plan, he will sell ___ tickets to weekend games and make a total of $___.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=weekend<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=23<BR>\n" );
document.write( "120x+250y=3540<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply the top equation by -120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-120x-120y=-2760<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add the two<BR>\n" );
document.write( "130y=780<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=6, dividing both sides by 130<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=17 tickets to weekday games ($2040)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and 6 tickets to weekend games ($1500)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Twice as many weekday games will be 34, and he will make $4250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "One-third as many weekend games, or 2, and he will make $500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "He will sell 2 tickets to weekend games and make a total of $4750. </SPAN>\n" );
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