document.write( "Question 1056875: Dave sold 40 tickets for a concert. He sold x tickets at $2 each. The rest of the tickets he sold for $3 each. If he collected $88, how much of each type of ticket did he sell?
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Number of $2 tickets sold: x
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document.write( "Number of $3 tickets sold: 40 - x
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document.write( "Cost of $2 tickets: 2x
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document.write( "Cost of $3 tickets: 3(40 - x), or 120 - 3x
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document.write( "We then get the following PROCEEDS equation: 2x + 120 - 3x = 88
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document.write( "2x - 3x = 88 - 120
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document.write( "- x = - 32
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document.write( "x, or number of $2 tickets sold = 
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document.write( "Number of $3 tickets sold: 40 - 32, or  \n" );
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