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document.write( "You are selling football tickets.  Student tickets cost $2 and general admission tickets cost $5.  You sell three times as many general admission tickets as student tickets and collect $1700.  How many of each type of ticket did you sell?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n=Student Tickets n(3)=general admission tickets\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n+3n=1700\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n=425 student tickets n(3)=1275 general admission tickets.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is this correct? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #22886 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=22886\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Assign n = # of student tickets and m = # of general admin tickets. You have to then separate the equation into a number-of-tickets equation, 3n = m, and a value-of-tickets equation, 2n + 5m = 1700.  If you substitute 3n in for m in the value equation, you get 17n = 1700, and then n = 100.  You can find m = 300 and you're all done. </SPAN>\n" );
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