document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=29140>Question 29140</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult tickets for a play cost $15 and child tickets cost $1.  If there were 29 people at a performance and the theater collected $155 from ticket sales, how many adults and how many children attended the play? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #15993 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley72><B>checkley72(6)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-05.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley72><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=15993\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> $15.00 X Adults + $1.00 X Children = $ 155.00\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Adults + Children = 29 Or (A + C = 29)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A + C = 29 C = 29 - A\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substituting C = 29 - A in the first equation & solving for A we get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15A + 1(29 - A)= 155\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15A + 29 - A = 155\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15A - A = 155 - 29\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "14 A = 126\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = 126/14 or A = 9. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A + C = 29 or 9 + C = 29 or C = 29 - 9 or C = 20.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9 Adults @ $ 15.00 + 20 Children @ $ 1.00. $ 135.00 + $ 20.00 = $ 155.00\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9 Adults + 20 Children = 29 people attending the play.\r<BR>\n" );
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