document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1119157>Question 1119157</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A basketball team sells tickets that cost&#8203; $10, $20,&#8203; or, for VIP&#8203; seats,&#8203; $30. The team has sold 3357 tickets overall. It has sold 157 more&#8203; $20 tickets than&#8203; $10 tickets. The total sales are &#8203;$64 comma 64,640. How many tickets of each kind have been&#8203; sold?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "# $10 tickets sold<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = #of $10 tickets.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the number of $20 tickets is (x+157).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the number of $30 tickets is the rest  3357 - x - (x+57) = 3300-2x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The money equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "10x + 20*(x+57) + 30*(3300-2x) = 64640.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve for x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "<U>The lesson to learn from this solution</U>:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    This problem is for ONE unknown - not for three.\r\n" );
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document.write( "        This problem is for ONE unknown - not for three.\r\n" );
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document.write( "            This problem is for ONE unknown - not for three.\r\n" );
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