A Movie Theater Has a Total of 400 Seats

question 82

Multiple Choice

A movie theater has a total of 400 seats. For a special Saturday night preview, they reserve 30 seats to give away to their VIP guests at no charge. If x represents the number of tickets they can sell for the preview, then x can be found by solving the equation x + 30 = 400. Tickets for the preview are $7.50 each.
Solve the equation for x and find the maximum amount of money they can make from ticket sales.

• A) 370 tickets, $2,775.00
• B) 390 tickets, $2,925.00
• C) 350 tickets, $2,625.00
• D) 330 tickets, $2,475.00
• E) 330 tickets, $2,550.00

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