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Pricing A concert promoter needs to make $120,000 from the sale of 2600 tickets. The promo...

Pricing A concert promoter needs to make $120,000 from the sale of 2600 tickets. The promoter charges $40 for some tickets and $60 for the others.

a. If there are x of the $40 tickets and y of the $60 tickets, write an equation that states that the total number of the tickets sold is 2600.


b. How much money is made from the sale of x tickets for $40 each?


c. How much money is made from the sale of y tickets for $60 each?


d. Write an equation that states that the total amount made from the sale is $120,000.


e. Solve the equations simultaneously to find how many tickets of each type must be sold to yield the $120,000.

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