SOLUTION: 586 people attend a banquet at disney, residents paid $12.95 and non-residents paid $17.95. if disney made $9423.70 from ticket sales for the event, how many residents and non-resi

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Question 1189309: 586 people attend a banquet at disney, residents paid $12.95 and non-residents paid $17.95. if disney made $9423.70 from ticket sales for the event, how many residents and non-residents attended?
Answer by greenestamps(13209) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x be the number of residents
then 586-x is the number of non-residents

The total paid, at $12.95 for each resident and $17.95 for each non-resident, was $9423.70:

12.95%28x%29%2B17.95%28596-x%29=9423.70

The algebra required to solve the problem is straightforward -- but the numbers are ugly....

I leave it to you to do that. I have shown you HOW you can set up the problem; you will learn nothing from this problem if I solve it for you.