document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=363647>Question 363647</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> there were 336 tickets sold for a basketball game. The activity cardholders' tickets cost $1.25 and the non-cardholders' tickets cost $2.00. The total amount of money collected was $534.75. How many of each kind of tickets were sold?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #259349 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><B>checkley77(12844)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><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=259349\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> X+Y=336 OR X=336-Y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.25X+2Y=534.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.25(336-Y)+2Y=534.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "420-1.25Y+2Y=534.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".75Y=534.75-420<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".75Y=114.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=114.75/.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=153 $2.00 TICKETS WERE SOLD.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "336-153=183 $1.25 TICKETS WERE SOLD.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.25*183+2*153=534.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "228.75+306=534.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "534.75=534.75 </SPAN>\n" );
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