Question 1041566: Eddy has a ticket to every home game the St. Louis Cardinals play. If he sells his ticket for a weekday game, he gets $120. If he sells his ticket for a weekend game, he gets $250. Last year, Eddy sold his tickets to 23 games and made a total of $3,540 from selling his tickets.
Complete the following sentences.
Eddy sold_____tickets to weekday games and ______ tickets to weekend games. Next year, Eddy plans to sell his tickets for the same prices, but to twice as many weekday games and one-third as many weekend games. According to this plan, he will sell _______ tickets to weekend games and make a total of _____$.
Answer by jorel555(1290)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let n be weekend games. Then:
250n+120(23-n)=3540
250n-120n+2760=3540
130n=780
n=6
23-n=17
Eddy sold___17__tickets to weekday games and _6_____ tickets to weekend games. Next year, Eddy plans to sell his tickets for the same prices, but to twice as many weekday games and one-third as many weekend games. According to this plan, he will sell ___2____ tickets to weekend games and make a total of _4580____$.
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