Question 98560
A community theater sold 900 tickets to a play. Floor seats cost 12$ each, and balcony seats cost 10$. The total receipts were 9780$. How many of each type of ticket were sold
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Let # of $12 tickets be "x" ; Value of these is 12x dollars
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# of $10 tickets is "900-x" ; Value of these is 10(900-x)=9000-10x dollars
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EQUATION:
value + value = $9780
12x + 9000-10x = 9780
2x = 780
x = 390 (# of $12 tickets)
900-x = 510 (# of $10 tickets)
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Cheers,
Stan H.