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A movie theater sells tickets to a new show for $8 each. The theater also sells small containers of popcorn for $5 each. The theater needs to make $2427 in order to break even on the show. Enter a linear equation that describes the problem.

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8x + 5y = 2427 then you simplify the equation to find the linear equation
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