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"For the school play, the advance tickets cost 3$, while tickets at the door cost 5$. Thirty more tickets were sold at door than in advance, and $2630 was collected. How many of each kind of ticket were sold?"

 

angry

 Jan 7, 2016

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Ah......they aren't that bad....all these are similar....

 

Let N be the number sold at the door

 

Then, N -30   must be the ones sold in advance.....since 30 fewer were sold

 

Then 

 

Price of an advance ticket * number sold + Price of a door ticket * number sold = total collected.....so we have

 

3 (N - 30)  + 5N = 2630   simplify

 

3n -90 + 5N = 2630

 

8N - 90   = 2630       add 90 to both sides

 

8N  = 2720     divide both sides by 8

 

N  = 340    this is the number of door tickets sold

 

340 - 30  = 310  =  the advanced tickets sold

 

 

cool cool cool

 Jan 7, 2016
 #1
avatar+128408 
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Best Answer

Ah......they aren't that bad....all these are similar....

 

Let N be the number sold at the door

 

Then, N -30   must be the ones sold in advance.....since 30 fewer were sold

 

Then 

 

Price of an advance ticket * number sold + Price of a door ticket * number sold = total collected.....so we have

 

3 (N - 30)  + 5N = 2630   simplify

 

3n -90 + 5N = 2630

 

8N - 90   = 2630       add 90 to both sides

 

8N  = 2720     divide both sides by 8

 

N  = 340    this is the number of door tickets sold

 

340 - 30  = 310  =  the advanced tickets sold

 

 

cool cool cool

CPhill Jan 7, 2016
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Thanks, a little late though, sorry. I can use this from now on though... Also... i see you have a new profile picture xD

 Jan 12, 2016

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