<PRE><B>Question 599674</B>
Admission to a baseball game is $3.00 for general admission and $6.00 for reserved seats.
 The receipts were $3561.00 for 868 paid admissions.
 how many of each ticket were sold?
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The easiest way to solve this is with a system of equations
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Let g = no. of general admission tickets
Let r = no. of reserve tickets
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The total admissions equation
g + r = 868
g = (868-r); use this form for substitution
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The total receipts equation
3g + 6r = 3561
substitute g with (868-r)
3(868-r) + 6r = 3561
2604 - 3r + 6r = 3561
-3r + 6r = 3561 - 2604
3r = 957
r = 957/3
r = 319 reserve seat
then
868 - 319 = 549 general admission seats
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Confirm this in the total receipts equation</PRE>