document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=209377>Question 209377</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult tickets for a play cost $6.00, and children's tickets cost $2.50.  For one performance, 370 tickets were sold.  Receipts for the performance were $1723.  Find the number of adult tickets sold. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Quantity Eq: a + c = 370<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Value Eq::::6a + 2.5c = 1723<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Modify the 1st equation to set up the system for elimination:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.5a + 2.5c = 2.5*370<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sutract that from the Value equation and solve for \"a\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.5a = 798<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 228 (# of adult tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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