document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=188945>Question 188945</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ticket Sales <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tickets for a concert were sold to adults for $3 and to students for $2, if the total receipts were $824 and twice as many adult tickets as student tickets were sold, then how many of each 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 #141754 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jonvaliente><B>jonvaliente(64)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jonvaliente><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=jonvaliente><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=141754\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let a=no of adult tickets sold<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    s=no of student tickets sold\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3a+2s=824\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a=2s\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subsitutiting 2s for a, we get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3*(2s)+2s=824\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6s+2s=824\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8s = 824\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "s=103\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since, a=2s we get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a=2*103\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a=206\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then, there were 206 adult tickets and 103 student tickes sold for the concert </SPAN>\n" );
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