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# Arnaldo earns $11 for each ticket that he sells, and a  Question banks Downloads My Bookmarks Reviews Important topics Author Message TAGS: Retired Moderator Joined: 07 Jun 2014 Posts: 4803 GRE 1: Q167 V156 WE: Business Development (Energy and Utilities) Followers: 175 Kudos [?]: 3028 [0], given: 394 Arnaldo earns$11 for each ticket that he sells, and a [#permalink]  27 May 2018, 03:38
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Arnaldo earns $11 for each ticket that he sells, and a bonus of$2 per ticket for each ticket he sells beyond the first 100 tickets. If Arnaldo was paid $2,400, how many tickets did he sell? (A) 120 (B) 160 (C) 180 (D) 200 (E) 250 [Reveal] Spoiler: OA _________________ Sandy If you found this post useful, please let me know by pressing the Kudos Button Try our free Online GRE Test Retired Moderator Joined: 07 Jun 2014 Posts: 4803 GRE 1: Q167 V156 WE: Business Development (Energy and Utilities) Followers: 175 Kudos [?]: 3028 [0], given: 394 Re: Arnaldo earns$11 for each ticket that he sells, and a [#permalink]  27 May 2018, 12:41
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Explanation

Let x = the total number of tickets sold. Therefore, (x – 100) = the number of tickets Arnaldo sold beyond the first 100. Using the information given, set up an equation and solve:

$$11x + 2(x - 100) = 2,400$$

$$11x + 2x - 200 = 2,400$$

$$13x = 2,600$$

$$x = 200$$
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Re: Arnaldo earns $11 for each ticket that he sells, and a [#permalink] 14 Jun 2018, 09:22 1 This post received KUDOS Expert's post sandy wrote: Arnaldo earns$11 for each ticket that he sells, and a bonus of $2 per ticket for each ticket he sells beyond the first 100 tickets. If Arnaldo was paid$2,400, how many tickets did he sell?

(A) 120
(B) 160
(C) 180
(D) 200
(E) 250

We can let n = the number of tickets sold and create the equation:

2400 = 11(100) + 13(n - 100)

2400 = 1100 + 13n - 1300

2400 = -200 + 13n

2600 = 13n

200 = n

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