document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=37441>Question 37441</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult tickets for a play cost $16 and child tickets cost $9.  If there were 24 people at a performance and the theater collected $258 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #23099 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><B>Paul(988)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=23099\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x be the cost of adult tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let y be the cost of children tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=24-x (subsitution)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16x+9y=258<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subsitute for y:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16x+9(24-x)=258<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16x-9x=258-216<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x=42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=24-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hence, about 6 adult tickets were bought and about 18 children tickets were bought.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PAul. </SPAN>\n" );
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