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Question 833441: There were 495 tickets sold for a basketball game. The activity cardholder's tickets cost $1.25 and the non cardholder's ticket cost $2.25. The total amount of money collected was $750.75. How many of each ticket were sold? Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There were 495 tickets sold for a basketball game. The activity cardholder's tickets cost $1.25 and the non cardholder's ticket cost $2.25. The total amount of money collected was $750.75. How many of each ticket were sold?
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let x=number of tickets sold to cardholders
495-x=number of tickets sold to non cardholders
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1.25x+2.25(495-x)=750.75
1.25x+1113.75-2.25x=750.75
x=363
495-x=132
number of tickets sold to cardholders=363
number of tickets sold to non cardholders=132
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