35,000 people attended a ballgame at a stadium that offers two kinds of seats: general admission and reserved. The day's receipts were $\$ 236,000$. How many people paid $\$ 12.00$ for reserved seats, and how many paid $\$ 4.00$ for general admission?
A) Reserved: 11,000 ; general admission: 24,000
B) Reserved: 12,000 ; general admission: 23,000
C) Reserved: 23,000 ; general admission: 12,000
D) Reserved: 24,000 ; general admission: 11,000

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Let $x$ be the number of reserved seats and $y$ be the number of general admission seats. We have two equations: $x + y = 35,000$ (total number of people) and $12x + 4y = 236,000$ (total receipts). Solving these equations simultaneously gives $x = 12,000$ and $y = 23,000$.

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