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Students in a Listening Responses class bought 40 tickets for a piano concert. The number of tickets purchased for seats in either the first mezzanine or the main floor was the same as the number purchased for seats in the second mezzanine. First mezzanine seats cost $52 each, main floor seats cost $38 each, and second mezzanine seats cost $28 each. The total cost of the tickets was $1432. How many of each type of ticket were purchased?
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