document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=221194>Question 221194</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There were 360 people at a play. The admission price was $3 for adults and $1 for children. The admission receipts totaled $740. How many adults and how many children attended? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 1.  Let x be the number of adult tickets.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 2.  Let 3x be the dollar value of adult tickets.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 3.  Let 360-x be the number of children tickets\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 4.  Let 360-x be the dollar value of children tickets since they are $1 each.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 5.  Then 3x+360-x=740 since the admission receipts totaled $740.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 6  Simplifying yields the following steps\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 360 from both sides of the equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide 2 to both sides of the equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check dollar value...<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2A190%2B160=570%2B170=740 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2A190%2B160=570%2B170=740\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >...a true statement.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 7. ANSWER:  There are 190 adult tickets and 170 children tickets sold.\r<BR>\n" );
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