Problema Solution
at a professional basketball game, the turnstile count showed that 17,406 people paid admission. the total cash received for tickets was 133,372. without actually counting the ticket subs, find out how many paid for reserved seats ($10 each) and how many paid general admission ($6).
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Reserved seats=x
General adimission = y
x+y=17406
y=17406-x
x = $10
y = $6
Total cash = 133372
10x+6y=133372 (subsitute for y)
10x+6(17406-x)=133372
10x+104436-6x=133372 ---> simplify
4x=28936 --> divide both sides by 4
x = 7234
y=17406-7234
y=10172
Hence about 7234 reserved tickets were sold and about 10172 general tickets were sold.
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