Problema Solution
For a school play they sold tickets at $5 for a floor seat and $2 for a balcony seat. They sold 250 seats and collected $1001 in profit . How Many balcony seats were sold ?
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Let
x = the number of floor seats
y = the number of balcony seats
x + y = 250
5x + 2y = 1001
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x = 167 floor seats
y = 73 balcony seats
There were 73 balcony seats sold.