document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=268358>Question 268358</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ata high school basketball game, 400 tickets are sold. adult tickets cost 5 dollars and student tickets cost 2.50. if the totla amount collected was 1375 how many student tickets were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "We can set up two equations. Let x be the adult tickets and y for the student tickets. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+2.5y=1375<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now multiply the second equation by -5 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5x-5y=-2000 Now add this to the other equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+2.5=1375 This we give us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2.5y=-625 Divide both sides by -2.5 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There we go 250 student tickets were sold. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can plug in the answer and see if it works. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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