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 #23100 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Cintchr><B>Cintchr(481)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Cintchr><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=23100\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult(A) = 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Child (C) = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total tickets sold = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total collected = $258<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+A+%2B+C+=+24+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+A+%2B+C+=+24+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+A+=+24+-+C+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+A+=+24+-+C+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute this into the next equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+16A+%2B+9C+=+%24258+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+16A+%2B+9C+=+%24258+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+16%2824-C%29+%2B+9C+=+%24258+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+16%2824-C%29+%2B+9C+=+%24258+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distribute<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+384+-+16C+%2B+9C+=+258+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+384+-+16C+%2B+9C+=+258+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+384+-+7C+=+258+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+384+-+7C+=+258+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract 384 from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+-7C+=+-126+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+-7C+=+-126+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide by -7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+C+=+18+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+C+=+18+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is what you were solving for in the first place\r<BR>\n" );
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