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Question 884505: hello I cannot seem to figure out the answer to this word problem I don not know what I missing but can someone help me I will greatly appreciate it thank you
A basketball team sells tickets that cost $10, $20, and VIP seats for $30. The team has sold 482 tickets overall. It has sold 132 more $20 tickets than $10 tickets. The total sales are $8850, how many tickets of each kind have been sold?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = number of $10 tickets
Let = number of $20 tickets
Let = number of $30 tickets
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(1)
(2)
(3)
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(3)
Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (3) from (1)
(1)
(3)
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Substitute (2) into this result
and
and
(1)
(1)
(1)
143 = number of $10 tickets
275 = number of $20 tickets
64 = number of $30 tickets
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check:
(3)
(3)
(3)
OK
