document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=324871>Question 324871</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Bill & Jose's Discount Cinema sold adults' tickets for $4.10 each and children's tickets for $2.70 each. Last Tuesday, a total of $331.30 was collected from 89 movie watchers. How many of each type of ticket were sold? (Let x represent the number of adults' tickets and y represent the number of children's tickets.) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Quantity: x + y = 89<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Value ::4.1x+2.7y = 331.30<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply thru 1st eq. by 410.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply thru 2nd eq. by 100 to get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "410x + 410y = 410*89<BR>\n" );
document.write( "410x + 270y = 33130<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 2nd eq from 1st and solve for \"y\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40y = 3360<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 84  (# of children tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since x + y = 89, x = 5 (# of adult tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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