document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=22125>Question 22125</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm completely stuck on this problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The owner of a movie theater was couting the money from 1 day's ticket sales. She knew that a total of 150 tickets were sold. Adult tickets cost $7.50 each, children's tickets cost $4.75 each. If the total receipts for the day were $891.25, how many of each kind of ticket were sold?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if you could just send me the equation that would be really helpful <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #10678 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><B>Paul(988)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><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=10678\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let adults be x and childern be y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=150<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=150-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "750x+475(150-x)=89125<BR>\n" );
document.write( "750x+71250-475x=89125<BR>\n" );
document.write( "275x=17875 (divide both sides by 275)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=65<BR>\n" );
document.write( "150-65=85(y) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, there were 65 tickets for adults and 85 tickets for childern. </SPAN>\n" );
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