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There were 208 tickets purchased for a major league baseball game. The lower box  tickets cost ​$12.50 and the upper box tickets cost ​$10.00. The total amount of money spent was ​$2187.50. How many of each kind of ticket were​ purchased?

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Answer:

so 189(from 189.66) lower box tickets are sold and 18 upper box tickets are sold

Explanation:

lets take "x" as the # of lower box tickets

and "y" as the number of upper box tickets

so in total the number of tickets sold was 208

so x+y=208

next, we know that each lower box ticket costs 12.50 and each upper box tickets costs 10 and the total amount of money spent was $2187.50 so:

12.5x+10y=2187.50

lets subtract "x" from both sides in first equation to find value of y

y=208-x

now substitute y in equation number 2:

12.5x-10(208-x)=2187.5

12.5x-2080+10x=2187.5

22.5x-2080=2187.5

22.5x=4267.5

x=189.666

so 189 tickets lower box tickets were purchased now, substitute 190 in equation 1 to find value of "y"

y=208-190

y=18

so 189(from 189.66) lower box tickets are sold and 18 upper box tickets are sold

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