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A school baseball game earned $3416.90 from 5716 paid admissions. If grandstand tickets sold for 65 cents each and bleacher tickets sold for 40 cents each, how many of the latter were sold?
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A school baseball game earned $3416.90 from 5716 paid admissions. If grandstand tickets sold for 65 cents each and bleacher tickets sold for 40 cents each, how many of the latter were sold?

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g+b=5716
65g+40b=341690

multiply first equation by -65

-65g-65b=371540

add that to 2nd equation

-65g-65b=-371540
65g+40b=341690 +
0g-25b=-29850


-25b=-29850
divide both sides by -25
b=1194


latter=bleacher=1194 tickets
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