document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=209912>Question 209912</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do i put this as an equation?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The attendance at basball gamewas 400 people. Student tickets cost $2 and adult tickets cost $3. Total ticket sales were $1050. how many tickets of each type were sold?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large s\"> represent the number of student tickets sold.  Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large a\"> represent the number of adult tickets sold.  Making the leap of faith that no one besides students and adults attended the game (no little kids, 17-year old high school graduates, or space aliens were counted in the total of 400 that was given), then you can say that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ s + a = 400\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since student tickets cost $2, the amount of money received from the sale of student tickets must be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 2s\">.  Likewise the amount of money received from the sale of adult tickets must be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 3a\">.  The sum of these two amounts is the total ticket sales of $1050, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2s + 3a = 1050\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the first equation for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large a\">:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ a = 400 - s\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute this expression for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large a\"> in the second equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2s + 3(400 - s) = 1050\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large s\">, then using the value of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large s\">, solve the first equation for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large a\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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