Question 507093


Let x = number of concert tickets sold



Since 14 stage show tickets were sold at $205 a piece, this means that the total sales for the stage show alone are 14*205 = 2870 dollars



Because there were x concert tickets sold at 195 dollars each, this means that the total sales for the concert alone are 195x  (basically 195 times x, and we leave it like that)



The total overall sales will be equal to the sum of the two individual sales.



So the total overall sales is 2870 + 195x


But we know that "the total sales were $5990", so the last expression equals 5990


This means that the equation is 2870 + 195x = 5990



Now solve for x to find your answer



2870 + 195x = 5990


195x = 5990-2870


195x = 3120


x = 3120/195


x = 16


So 16 concert tickets were sold.


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