document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=38446>Question 38446</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult tickets for a play cost $17 and child tickets cost $2. If there were 32 people at a performance and the theater collected $364 from ticket sales, how many adults and 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 #23959 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=23959\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let a = # of adult tickets.  Their value would then be 17a.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let c = # of child tickets.  Their value would be 2c.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now set up the two equations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + c = 32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17a + 2c = 364<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Double the first equation and subtract it from the second...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17a + 2c = 364<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2a + 2c = 64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15a = 300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 20 and then of course<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 12 </SPAN>\n" );
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