document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=145161>Question 145161</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Problem: For a student club fund-raiser, the number of $2 raffle tickets printed was three times the number of $5 tickets. If all the tickets are sold, receipts from the $5 tickets will be $50 less than those from the $2 tickets. How many $5 tickets were printed?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What equation do i use to find the answer to this question? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #105842 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=nerdybill><B>nerdybill(7384)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=nerdybill><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=nerdybill><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=105842\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x= number of $5 tickets sold<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then 3x = number of $2 tickets sold\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then from:\"If all the tickets are sold, receipts from the $5 tickets will be $50 less than those from the $2 tickets.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We can derive our equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x = 2(3x) - 50\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do you see how the equation was derived?  Does that make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can you complete it from here?<BR>\n" );
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