Question

A concert hall earned $40,000 in sold-out comedy ticket sales. Front section tickets cost $150 per seat and back section tickets cost $50 per seat. The number of front section seats is three times the number of back section seats. How many seats are in the front section?

Answer 1

Call back section x, so the front section is 3x.
150(3x) + 50x = 40,000
500x = 40,000
x = 80.
The number of front section seat is 3x = 240.

Answer 2

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