document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=200113>Question 200113</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ticket prices Mario's Marionettes donated free tickets for their show to the local Boys and Girls club. They claimed that the ticket value was $176.75. A child's ticket cost $5.50 and an adult ticket cost $8.75. if there were three times as many children's tickets as adult tickets, how many adults and children got  to attend the show for free? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #150472 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><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=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=150472\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the ticket value was $176.75. A child's ticket cost $5.50 and an adult ticket<BR>\n" );
document.write( " cost $8.75. if there were three times as many children's tickets as adult <BR>\n" );
document.write( "tickets, how many adults and children got to attend the show for free?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let a = no. of adult tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let c = no. of child's tickets<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write an equation for each statement:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"the ticket value was $176.75.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8.75a + 5.50c = 176.75<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "there were three times as many children's tickets as adult tickets,\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 3a<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Replace c with 3a in the value equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8.75a + 5.50(3a) = 176.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8.75a + 16.50a = 176.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25.25a = 176.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=176.75%2F25.25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"176.75%2F25.25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 7 adults<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3*7 = 21 children<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " how many adults and children got to attend the show for free?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7 Adults and 21 children<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check solution in the value equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8.75(7) + 5.50(21) =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "61.25 + 115.50 = 176.75; confirms our solutions </SPAN>\n" );
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