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A theater is divided into a red section and a blue section. The red section has 350 seats, and the rest of the seats are in the blue section. A ticket for a red section cost $75 a ticket for a blue section seat cost $50. The total sales when all the tickets are sold are $68,750. How many seats are in the blue section?

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850.

68,750 = 350(75) + 50x
68, 750 = 26,250 + 50x
-26250
42,500 = 50x / 50
850 = x
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