document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=186126>Question 186126</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0078250838/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult tickets for a school musical sold for $3.50 and student tickets sold for $2.50. Three hundred twenty-one tickets were sold altogether for $937.50. How many of each type of tickets were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #139554 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=hkelson><B>hkelson(7)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-05.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=hkelson><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=139554\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This problem is a matter of trial and error. Start with the adult tickets. This is how I did it and it may or may not work for you because it is time consuming.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I started with 120 adult tickets sold. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "120 * 3.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Keep going until you find one that works. In this case I found out that there were 135 adult tickets sold and 186 student tickets.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "135 * 3.50 = 472.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "186 * 2.50 = 465.00\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I multiplied 135 by 3.50 and got that answer then subtracted 135 from the total of 321 and multiplied that by 2.50. I then added the 2 totals together and came out with the total of $937.50. </SPAN>\n" );
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