SOLUTION: A movie theater sells two type of tickets. General admission and senior citizen. One evening the theatre sold twice as many senior tickets than general admission tickets. If a tota

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Question 1156731: A movie theater sells two type of tickets. General admission and senior citizen. One evening the theatre sold twice as many senior tickets than general admission tickets. If a total of 525 tickets were sold, how many senior tickets were sold?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let +x+ = number of general admission
tickets sold

+3x+=+525+
+x+=+175+
+2x+=+350+
350 senior citizen tickets were sold