During the first week of performances of a certain play, 5,400 tickets were sold, all at reduced price. During the remaining weeks of performances, 5 times as many tickets were sold at full price as were sold at reduced price. If the total number of tickets sold was 25,200, how many of them were sold at full price?
21,000
19,800
16,500
15,800
8,700
answer = C
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number of reduced price=x
number of full price ticket sold =5x
5400+x_5x=25200
solving x=3300
number of full price ticket sold =5x=5*3300=16500
number of full price ticket sold =5x
5400+x_5x=25200
solving x=3300
number of full price ticket sold =5x=5*3300=16500
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