How much revenue did a concert venue receive from the sale of 1500 tickets, some of which were sold at a discounted

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How much revenue did a concert venue receive from the sale of 1500 tickets, some of which were sold at a discounted price?

(1) The number of tickets sold at the discounted price was 20% of the total number of tickets sold.
(2) The full price for a ticket was twice that of the discounted price.



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Sat Aug 08, 2020 5:02 pm
How much revenue did a concert venue receive from the sale of 1500 tickets, some of which were sold at a discounted price?

(1) The number of tickets sold at the discounted price was 20% of the total number of tickets sold.
(2) The full price for a ticket was twice that of the discounted price.
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Since the price of a discounted ticket can be virtually any nonnegative value, the amount of revenue yielded by the 1500 tickets cannot be determined.

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