SOLUTION: Eighty tickets were sold for a concert. x tickets were sold for $5 each and the rest of the tickets were sold for $8 each. write an expression in x to represent the number of t

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Question 682348: Eighty tickets were sold for a concert. x tickets were sold for $5 each and the rest of the tickets were sold for $8 each.
write an expression in x to represent the number of tickets sold at
1. $5
2. $8
3. if the total sales on all tickets amounted to $580, how many of the tickets costing $5 were sold?
Answer by lynnlo(4176) About Me  (Show Source):
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(1)60x+20=80
(2)20x-80=60
(3)$5.00 tickets were sold==(20)