number of $1 tickets --- x
number of 50 cent tickets ---- 2x
number of 25 cent tickets ---- 2x+30
value equation:
100x + 50(2x) + 25(2x+30) = 3250
solve for x, sub back into my definitions
An amusement park sells 25 cent, 50 cent, and $1 tickets and a teacher purchases $32.50 worth of tickets. A student remarks that there are twice as many 50 cent tickets as there are $1 tickets and that the number of 25 cent
tickets is 30 more than the number of 50
cent tickets. How many tickets of
each type are there?
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