A word problem: A jazz concert brought in $207,000 on the sale on 8,000 tickets. If the tickets sold for $20 and $30 each, how many of each type of ticket were sold?

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lilg132 · Answer

x + y = 8000
y = 8000 -x

20x + 30(8000 - x) = 207,000

20x + 240,000 - 30x = 207,000

20x - 30x = 207,000 - 240,000

-10x = -33000

10x = 33,000

10x / 10 = 33,000 / 10

x = 3300


8000 - 3300 = y

y = 4700

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hero · Answer

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lilg132 · Answer

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hero · Answer

You seem to have anger issues or something. What is wrong with you?

lilg132 · Answer

have you started again?

lilg132 · Answer

hero are you mentally retarded or something when i said forget about what i said its my of saying forgive and forget but you just seem to WANT to drag this on anyways if thats what you want i dont have time for that so i will just ignore you from now on