Problema Solution
A bahsketball team is selling tickets for $10, $20, or VIP tickets for $30. They have sold 497 tickets overall. It has sold 141 $20 tickets then the $10 ones. The total sales are $9120. How many tickets have been sold?
Answer provided by our tutors
the problem statement is incorrect and we must make some assumptions in order to solve this
we assume that the phrase "It has sold 141 $20 tickets then the $10 ones." should actually be "It has sold 141 more $20 tickets then the $10 ones."
let 'x' represent the number of $10 tickets sold, then 'x+141' represents the number of $20 tickets sold and '497-(x+141)' represents the number of VIP tickets sold
9120 = 10x + 20(x+141) + 30(497-(x+141))
...simplifying we arrive at:
9120=13500
therefore, no solution exists as interpreted - please correct the original problem statement...