A movie theater charges $11 for each full-price ticket and $8.25 for each reduced-price ticket. For one movie showing, the

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A movie theater charges $11 for each full-price ticket and $8.25 for each reduced-price ticket. For one movie showing, the theater sold a total of 214 full-price and reduced-price tickets for $2,145. Which of the following systems of equations could be used to determine the number of full-price tickets, f , and the number of reduced-price tickets, r , sold?

Accepted Answer

Choice B is correct. The movie theater sells f full-price tickets and r reduced-price tickets, so the total number of tickets sold is f + r . Since the movie theater sold a total of 214 full-price and reduced-price tickets for one movie showing, it follows that f + r = 214. The movie theater charges $11 for each full-price ticket; thus, the sales for full-price tickets, in dollars, is given by 11 f . The movie theater charges $8.25 for each reduced-price ticket; thus, the sales for reduced-price tickets, in dollars, is given by 8.25 r . Therefore, the total sales, in dollars, for the movie showing is given by 11 f + 8.25 r . Since the total sales for all full-price and reduced-price tickets is $2,145, it follows that 11 f + 8.25 r = 2,145. Choice A is incorrect. This system of equations suggests that the movie theater sold a total of 2,145 full-price and reduced-price tickets for a total of $214. Choice C is incorrect. This system suggests that the movie theater charges $8.25 for each full-price ticket and $11 for each reduced-price ticket. Choice D is incorrect. This system suggests that the movie theater charges $8.25 for each full-price ticket and $11 for each reduced-price ticket and sold a total of 2,145 tickets for a total of $214.

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