document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=268791>Question 268791</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tickets for a play cost $3 for children and $8 for adults. The theater sold 511 seats for $3058, how many of each type of ticket did they sell? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let number of children's ticket sold be x <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Adult ticket will be 511=x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Amount from selling children'e ticket will be 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Amount from selling adult's ticket will be 8*(511-x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Their sum wil be the total sales\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+8(511-x)= 3058\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+4088-8x=3058<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5x=3058-4088<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5x=-1030<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1030/-5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=206\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "511-206= 305 \r<BR>\n" );
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