There were 44,000 people at a ball game in Los Angeles. The day's receipts were $ 369,000. How many people paid $ 13.00 for reserved seats and how many paid $ 6.00 for general admission?

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anonymous · Answer

I saw this before

anonymous · Answer

like the exact same question was asked last week , probably just different numbers lol

dumbcow · Answer

x,y is num of people in reserved seats and general seats respectively in thousands
x+y = 44
13x + 6y = 369
multiply top equation by -6
-6x -6y = -264
13x +6y = 369
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7x +0 = 105
x = 15
y = 44-15 = 29

anonymous · Answer

so 29,000 people paid 6.00 and 15,000 people paid 13.00?

dumbcow · Answer

correct :)

anonymous · Answer

thank you very much....word problems always mess me up.