document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=327588>Question 327588</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Six hundred people attended the premiere of a motion picture.Adult tickets costs $5 each and children were admitted for $2 each.If the box office receipts totaled $2400; how many children attended </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, we get x + y = 600........(1) (because the total number of people attended the show is 600)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Collection of amount by selling the adult ticket = number of adult X cost of 1 adult ticket = x X 5 = 5x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Collection of amount by selling the children ticket = number of children X cost of i children ticket = y X 2 = 2y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total amount = 2400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+2y = 2400...........(2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solving the equations (1) and (2) we get x=400 and y = 200.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore, the number of children y=200. </SPAN>\n" );
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