Eddy has a ticket to every home game the St. Louis Cardinals play. If he sells his ticket for a weekday game, he gets $120. If he sells

his ticket for a weekend game, he gets $250. Last year, Eddy sold his tickets to 23 games and made a total of $3,540 from selling his

tickets.

Eddy sold tickets to weekday games andtickets to weekend games. Next year, Eddy plans to sell his tickets for

the same prices, but to twice as many weekday games and one-third as many weekend games. According to this plan, he will sell

tickets to weekend games and make a total of $.

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Mathematics

Chaya Sawyer

7 April, 00:42

Eddy has a ticket to every home game the St. Louis Cardinals play. If he sells his ticket for a weekday game, he gets $120. If he sells

his ticket for a weekend game, he gets $250. Last year, Eddy sold his tickets to 23 games and made a total of $3,540 from selling his

tickets.

Eddy sold tickets to weekday games andtickets to weekend games. Next year, Eddy plans to sell his tickets for

the same prices, but to twice as many weekday games and one-third as many weekend games. According to this plan, he will sell

tickets to weekend games and make a total of $.

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Gilberto Olson · Answer 1

250n+120 (23-n) = 3540

250n-120n+2760=3540

130n=780

n=6

23-n=17

Eddy sold 17 tickets to weekday games and 6 tickets to weekend games. Next year, Eddy plans to sell his tickets for the same prices, but to twice as many weekday games and one-third as many weekend games. According to this plan, he will sell 2 tickets to weekend games and make a total of $4580.