There were 718 tickets purchased for a major league baseball game. The lower reserved tickets cost $9.50 and the upper reserved tickets cost $8.00. The total amount of money spent was $6249.50 How many of each kind of ticket were purchased?
Let L=number of lower tickets sold U=number of upper tickets sold
then U=718-L...........(1) and 9.50L + 8U=6249.50 ..........(2) Substitute (1) in (2) 9.50L+8(718-L)=6249.50 isolate L and solve 1.5L=6249.50-8*718=505.5 L=505.5/1.5=337 U=718-L=381
