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document.write( "*Two families attend the town's ice cream social every summer. This year one family piad $9.75 for 3 adult tickets and 5 children's tickets. The other family paid $10.75 for 5 adult tickets and 1 child's ticket. Find the price of a child's ticket.* </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #145195 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><B>Mathtut(3670)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><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=145195\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let c and a be the prices childrens and adult tickets respectively<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5c+3a=9.75............eq 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1c+5a=10.75...........eq 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "rewrite eq 2 to c=10.75-5a and plug this value into eq 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5(10.75-5a)+3a=9.75<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "53.75-25a+3a=9.75<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a=$2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c=10.75-5(2)=$.75 </SPAN>\n" );
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