The local theater has three types of seats for Broadway plays: main floor, balcony, and mezzanine. Main floor tickets are $36, balcony tickets are $35, and mezzanine tickets are $33. One particular night, sales totaled $70,135. There were 118 more main floor tickets sold than balcony and mezzanine tickets combined. The number of balcony tickets sold is 221 more than 3 times the number of mezzanine tickets sold. How many of each type of ticket were sold?
The local theater has three types of seats for Broadway plays: main floor, balcony, and mezzanine. Main floor tickets are $36, balcony tickets are $35, and mezzanine tickets are $33. One particular night, sales totaled $70,135. There were 118 more main floor tickets sold than balcony and mezzanine tickets combined. The number of balcony tickets sold is 221 more than 3 times the number of mezzanine tickets sold. How many of each type of ticket were sold?
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The local theater has three types of seats for Broadway plays: main floor, balcony, and mezzanine. Main floor tickets are $36, balcony tickets are $35, and mezzanine tickets are $33. One particular night, sales totaled $70,135. There were 118 more main floor tickets sold than balcony and mezzanine tickets combined. The number of balcony tickets sold is 221 more than 3 times the number of mezzanine tickets sold. How many of each type of ticket were sold?
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