SOLUTION: A stage theater sold tickets for $ 300. Senior citizens received a discount of 30%, and paid only $ 210. On the initial showing, the theater sold 250 tickets and registered a tot

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Question 1171319: A stage theater sold tickets for $ 300. Senior citizens received a discount of 30%, and
paid only $ 210. On the initial showing, the theater sold 250 tickets and registered a total of
$ 66,000. How many of each type tickets were sold?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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One might assume there were regular tickets, and senior citizen tickets.
for price of regular,
210%2F0.7=300 as also given.

r, the number of regular tickets
250-r, number of senior tickets

300r%2B210%28250-r%29=66000
simplify and solve...