Admission to a baseball game is $3.00 for general admission and $5.00 for reserved seats. The receipts were $4545.00 for 1285 paid admissions. How many of each ticket were sold?

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Admission to a baseball game is $3.00 for general admission and $5.00 for reserved seats.  The receipts were $4545.00 for 1285 paid admissions.  How many of each ticket were sold?

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number of general --- x number of reserved --- 1285-x 3x + 5(1285-x) = 4545 solve for x and state conclusion