SOLUTION: One evening 1400 concert tickets were sold for the Fairmont Summer Jazz Festival. Tickets cost $20 for covered pavilion seats and $10 for lawn seats. Total receipts were $24,000. H

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Question 843130: One evening 1400 concert tickets were sold for the Fairmont Summer Jazz Festival. Tickets cost $20 for covered pavilion seats and $10 for lawn seats. Total receipts were $24,000. How many tickets of each type were sold?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

Let x represent the number of  $20 tickets sold

  20x + 10(1400-x) = 24000

       10x = 10000

         x = 1000 of the $20 tickets sold, 400 of the $10 tickets



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10000•$20  + 400•$10  = $24,000

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