Madeline sold 200 tickets for a charter flight to Dallas. Some paid $200 for their tickets and some paid $250. Madeline's revenue for the flight was $44,000. Below is Madeline's work in determining how many of each ticket was sold.
x = number of $200 tickets
y = number of $250 tickets
200x + 250y = 44,000 Complete each of the
x + y = 200
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Task.
200(200 - y) + 250y = 44,000
40,000 -y + 250y = 44,000
40,000 + 249y = 44,000
249y = 4,000
y = 16.1