document.write( "Question 228109: Mary is the manger of a movie theater. For one show she sold 540 tickets and collected a total of $2935. If she sold adult tickets for $6.50 and student tickets for $4.00, how many of each did she sell?
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Mary is the manger of a movie theater. For one show she sold 540 tickets and collected a total of $2935. If she sold adult tickets for $6.50 and student tickets for $4.00, how many of each did she sell?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = number of adult tickets sold
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\n" ); document.write( "540-x = number of student tickets sold
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\n" ); document.write( "6.50x + 4(540-x) = 2945
\n" ); document.write( "6.50x + 1800 - 4x = 2945
\n" ); document.write( "2.50x + 1800 = 2945
\n" ); document.write( "2.50x = 1145
\n" ); document.write( "x = 458 (adult tickets)
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\n" ); document.write( "Student tickets:
\n" ); document.write( "540-x = 540-458 = 82 \n" ); document.write( "

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