Murphy family has 4 members and they went to 7 games. Chen family has 5 members and they went to 4 games. In total, the two families spent $1200. If the seats cost the same for each person, how much did the Murphy family spend?

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Gianni Fox

19 May, 13:55

Murphy family has 4 members and they went to 7 games. Chen family has 5 members and they went to 4 games. In total, the two families spent $1200. If the seats cost the same for each person, how much did the Murphy family spend?

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Alonso Barr · Answer 1

I think 700$ dollars

Charlee Sullivan · Answer 2

700$

Step-by-step explanation:

If all the seats cost tge same and each member takes a seat each game so we can say:

7*4=28

5*4=20

28x+20x=1200

48x=1200

x=25 (seat price)

28*25=700

20*25=500