Answer:
136 general admission tickets were purchased
300 upper reserved tickets were purchased
Step-by-step explanation:
This is a classic system of equations problem. Let the number of general admission tickets sold be [tex]g[/tex] and the number of reserved tickets sold be [tex]r[/tex]. We can write the following system of equations:
[tex]\begin{cases}6.50g+8.00r=3284,\\g+r=436\end{cases}[/tex]
Multiply the second equation by -8 and add both equations to isolate [tex]g[/tex]:
[tex]-8(g+r)=-8(436),\\-8g-8r=-3488,\\\begin{cases}6.50g+8.00r=3284,\\-8g-8r=-3488\end{cases},\\-1.5g=-204,\\g=\frac{-204}{-1.5}=\boxed{136}[/tex]
Now substitute [tex]g=136[/tex] into [tex]g+r=436[/tex] to find the number of reserved tickets sold:
[tex]g+r=436,\\136+r=436,\\r=436-136=\boxed{300}[/tex]
