SAT Math Practice Question
Two types of tickets were sold for a concert held at an amphitheater. Tickets to sit on a bench during the concert cost $\$ 75$ each, and tickets to sit on the lawn during the concert cost $\$ 40$ each. Organizers of the concert announced that 350 tickets had been sold and that $\$ 19,250$ had been raised through ticket sales alone. Which of the following systems of equations could be used to find the number of tickets for bench seats, $B$, and the number of tickets for lawn seats, $L$, that were sold for the concert?
- A.$(75 B)(40 L)=1,950$ $B+L=350$
- B.$40 B+75 L=19,250$ $B+L=350$
- C.$75 B+40 L=350$ $B+L=19,250$
- D.$75 B+40 L=19,250$ $B+L=350$
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