document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=24187>Question 24187</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You are selling tickets for a high school play. Student tickets cost $4 and general admission tickets cost $6. You sell 525 tickets and collect $2876. How many of each type did you sell? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #12862 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=12862\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let the student tickets be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the geral Admission tickets be y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=525<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=525-x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x+6y=2876 (subsitute for y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+6(525-x)=2876<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+3150-6x=2876<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2x=-274<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=137<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=525-137<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=388\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, about 137 childern tickets were sold and 388 gernal admission tickets were sold.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Paul. </SPAN>\n" );
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