document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=144849>Question 144849</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a group of 80 people attend a ball game. there were four times as many children as adults in the group. write  a system of equations that you could use to set up this problem, where a is the number of adults and c is the number of children in the group. solve the system of equations for c, the number of childern in the group </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #105561 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=shahid><B>shahid(44)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=shahid><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=105561\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 80 people are there so first equation is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a+c=80....(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "second equ formed by condition is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "c=4a ....(2)  subtacting both equations<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=80-4a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a+4a=80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5a=80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=80/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=16   so c=4(16)=64  there were 64 children in the group<BR>\n" );
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