A basketball team sells tickets that cost $10, $20, or, for VIP seats, $30. The team has sold 3172 tickets overall. It has sold 218 more $20 tickets than $10 tickets. The total salesare $61,300. How many tickets of each kind have been sold?How many $10 tickets were sold?

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asketball team sells tickets that cost $10, $20, or, for VIP seats, $30. The team has sold 3172 $61,300. How many tickets of each kind have been sold? .... w many $10 tickets were sold?