document.write( "Question 1111865: tickets to a concert cost $20, $35, or $50 each. the number of $20 tickets sold was triple the number of $35 tickets sold. 400 more $50 tickets were sold than $35 tickets. if the tickets sold had a value of $150 500, how many of each type of ticket was sold? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x = # of the $35 tickets.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the # of the $20 tickets was 3x  and the number of the $50 tickets was (x+400).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then your money equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "35x + 20*(3x) + 50*(x+400) = 150500.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is your basic equation. Simplify and solve it for x.\r\n" );
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