SOLUTION: Please help me solve and fill in the blanks of this problem: Eddy has a ticket to every home game the St. Louis Cardinals play. If he sells his ticket for a weekday game, he get

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Question 1043738: Please help me solve and fill in the blanks of this problem:
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 josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Simple linear application. I will do the first question only. 

                          PRICE               TICKET COUNT
weekday tickets           $120 per ticket      x
weekend tickets           $250 per ticket      y


system%28120x%2B250y=3540%2Cx%2By=23%29
Simplify and solve.