Question

2. 52,000 people attended a concert. Main floor tickets cost $25 each and upper-level tickets

were $12 each. A total of $1,144,000 worth of tickets were sold. How many upper level
tickets were sold?

Answer 1

x (upper level) = 12,000 tickets

Explanation:

Firstly, let's convert this gibberish text into the information we want. :D

Total amount of people = 52,000

Main floor tickets = $25 each

Total: $1,144,000

Let the amount of people who brought upper level tickets be x and main floor tickets be y. (assumming 1 ticket = 1 person)

Thus, we come up with this simultaneous equation:

`12x + 25y = 1,144,000\\x + y = 52,000`

The first equation finds the price of the ticket, while the second is the amount of people.

x (upper level) = 12,000

y = 40,000

Hope this helps! :)