document.write( "Question 189604: The Jurassic Zoo charges $11 for adult admission and $9 for each child. the total bill for the 206 people from a school trip was $1972. how many adults and how many children went to the zoo?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #142275 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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Let x=# of adults and y=# of children\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since there were a total of 206 people, this means that \"x%2By=206\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, because \"The Jurassic Zoo charges $11 for adult admission and $9 for each child. the total bill for the 206 people from a school trip was $1972\", this means that \"11x%2B9y=1972\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So we have the system:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"system%28x%2By=206%2C11x%2B9y=1972%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let's solve it by substitution\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now in order to solve this system by using substitution, we need to solve (or isolate) one variable. I'm going to solve for y.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So let's isolate y in the first equation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2By=206\" Start with the first equation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=206-x\" Subtract \"x\" from both sides\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-x%2B206\" Rearrange the equation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since \"y=-x%2B206\", we can now replace each \"y\" in the second equation with \"-x%2B206\" to solve for \"x\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"11x%2B9highlight%28%28-x%2B206%29%29=1972\" Plug in \"y=-x%2B206\" into the second equation. In other words, replace each \"y\" with \"-x%2B206\". Notice we've eliminated the \"y\" variables. So we now have a simple equation with one unknown.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"11x%2B%289%29%28-1%29x%2B%289%29%28206%29=1972\" Distribute \"9\" to \"-x%2B206\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"11x-9x%2B1854=1972\" Multiply\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2x%2B1854=1972\" Combine like terms on the left side\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2x=1972-1854\"Subtract 1854 from both sides\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2x=118\" Combine like terms on the right side\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=%28118%29%2F%282%29\" Divide both sides by 2 to isolate x\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=59\" Divide\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since we know that \"x=59\" we can plug it into the equation \"y=-x%2B206\" (remember we previously solved for \"y\" in the first equation).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-x%2B206\" Start with the equation where \"y\" was previously isolated.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-%2859%29%2B206\" Plug in \"x=59\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the second part of our answer is: \"y=147\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So our answers are:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This means that 59 adults and 147 children went to the zoo.\r
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