document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=159037>Question 159037</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> carmen sold play tickets. each adult ticket cost $4.00 and each students ticket cost $2.00. The total number of tickets sold was 260, and the total income was $700.00. How many of each kind of tickets were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "260-X= # of student tickets\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$ made by selling adult tickets is $4(X)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$ made by selling student tickets is $(260-X)($2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The equation is 4X +(2)(260-X) =$700\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the distributive property\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$4X + $520 -$2X=$700\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add $4X -$2X= $2X\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$2X+ $520=$700 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract $520 from both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$2X=$180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=$90<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the # of adult tickets sold were 90, 260-90=# of student tickets sold=170. To confirm plug in values. $4(90)+ 2(170)=$700\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$360 + $340= $700 </SPAN>\n" );
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