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document.write( "The oak street theater sells adult tickets for $7.50 each, and childrens tickets for $2.00 each.  On a certain day, they sold 75 tickets, and made a total of $408.50.  How many of each type of ticket did they sell?  If you can help me get started with the equation and how to set it up I can figure it out.  Thank you,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mallory </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #160458 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><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=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=160458\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x = number of children's tickets\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since there were 75 tickets total, the number of adult tickets is the total 75 minus the number of children's tickets x:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "75-x = number of adult tickets.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The total value of the tickets equals the sum of the value of each ticket sold times the number of each ticket:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2*x+7.50*(75-x) = 408.50\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "See if that works!  If not, send me an Email or re-post the problem!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2\r<BR>\n" );
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