document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=158550>Question 158550</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The attendance at a ball game was 400 people.  Student tickets cost $2 and adult tickets cost $3.  If $1050 was collected in ticket sales, how many of each type of ticket was sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = number of $2 tickets sold<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then because there was a total of 400 people<BR>\n" );
document.write( "400-x = number of $3 tickets sold<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If total collected was $1050:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 3(400-x) = 1050<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 1200 - 3x = 1050<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1200 - x = 1050<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1200 = x+1050<BR>\n" );
document.write( "150 = x (number of $2 tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$3 tickets sold:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "400-x = 400-150 = 250 (number of $3 tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
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