document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=185997>Question 185997</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ticket sales. Tickets for a concert were sold to adults for<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$3 and to students for $2. If the total receipts were $824<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and twice as many adult tickets as student tickets were<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sold, then how many of each were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "$3 and to students for $2. If the total receipts were $824<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and twice as many adult tickets as student tickets were<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sold, then how many of each were sold?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let number of adult and student tickets be a and s respectively<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a=2s......eq 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3a+2s=824..eq 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "take a's value from eq 1 and plug it into eq 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3(2s)+2s=824<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8s=824<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28s=103%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28s=103%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >number of student tickets<BR>\n" );
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