document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=251535>Question 251535</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There were 429 people at a play. Admission was $8 dollars each for adults and $4.50 each for children. The total receipts were $2641. How man adults and how many children attended?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Where did I go wrong ???\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Adult tickets: x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Adult cost per ticket: 8.00<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total: 8.00x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "childrens tickets: (429-x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "childs cost per ticket: 4.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total: 4.50(429-x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8.00x+4.50(429-x)=2641<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8.00x+1930.5-4.50x=2641<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.50x+1930.5=2641<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.50x=710.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=203\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "adult tickets: 203<BR>\n" );
document.write( "child's tickets: 4.50(428-203)= 1017<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total=203+1017=1220\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This answer does not appear to total up...can some one tell me where i went wrong please :) thanks!! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "total=203+1017=1220  and child's tickets: 4.50(428-203)= 1017<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is 429 not 428<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total=203+1017=1220 should be total=203+c=429<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c is the number of children not the cost of the children's tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The two equations you need are<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=number of adults<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c= number of children<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a+c=429<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8a+4.5c=2641 </SPAN>\n" );
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