SOLUTION: Admission tickets to an advanced movie screening were priced at $ 200 for adults and $ 150 for students. If 450 tickets were sold and the total receipts were $ 14, 400. How many of

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Question 1103613: Admission tickets to an advanced movie screening were priced at $ 200 for adults and $ 150 for students. If 450 tickets were sold and the total receipts were $ 14, 400. How many of each type of tickets were sold?
Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, ikleyn:
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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200*a+150*s=14400
a+s=450
Tutor Ikleyn correctly states that even if all the tickets were sold at the lower rate the receipts would be more than the stated $14,400

Answer by ikleyn(52810) About Me  (Show Source):
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Admission tickets to an advanced movie screening were priced at $ 200 for adults and $ 150 for students.
If 450 tickets were sold and the total receipts were $ 14, 400. How many of each type of tickets were sold?
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The formulation is INCORRECT,

and with these numbers the problem HAS NO solution.

Notice that 450 * $150 = $67500, which is much GREATER than $14400.