A Tavern Holds 50 Seats

question 81

Essay

A tavern holds 50 seats. Two types of seats are available the Friday night jazz festival: stage and dining. The cost of a stage seat is $15.00 and the cost of a dining seat is $5.00. If all 50 seats are sold the tavern would collect $400.00. How many of each type of seat is available?

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Definitions:

Compound Name

The designated name given to a chemical substance based on its composition and molecular structure according to nomenclature rules.

Angle Strain

The increase in energy associated with a molecule when bond angles deviate from their ideal values, often observed in cyclic compounds.

Torsional Strain

A type of strain in molecules caused by rotating around a bond, due to the repulsion between electrons in non-bonded atoms.

Cyclopropane

A cycloalkane composed of three carbon atoms linked to each other to form a ring, used as an anesthetic.