document.write( "Question 152570: please help me with this question: jill,maria, and ashley sold tickets to a rock concert. jill sold 5 times as many as ashley. maria sold 4 more than ashley. the total amount sold was 67 tickets. how man did each sell? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=tickets\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Number of tickets sold:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"Jill=J=5x\"$ , five times as Ashley
\n" ); document.write( " $\"Ashley=A=x\"$ , # of tickets Ashley sold
\n" ); document.write( " $\"Maria=M=x%2B4\"$ , maria sold 4 more than Ashley
\n" ); document.write( "Therefore:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"J%2BA%2BM=67\"$ -----------> eqn 1
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5x%2Bx%2Bx%2B4=67\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"7x=67-4=63\"$ ---------> $\"cross%287%29x%2Fcross%287%29=cross%2863%299%2Fcross%287%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=9\"$ ----------------> # of tickets sold by Ashley
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5x=5%2A9=45\"$ ----------> # of tickets sold by Jill
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2B4=9%2B4=13\"$ ---------> # of tickets sold by Maria
\n" ); document.write( "In doubt? Go back eqn 1:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"45%2B9%2B13=67\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"67=67\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Thank you,
\n" ); document.write( "Jojo \n" ); document.write( "

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