document.write( "Question 379496: The admission to a soccer game is $8.50 for adults and $5.50 for students. If 744 tickets were sold at a total price of $4527, how many tickets of each type were sold? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #269533 by Fombitz(32388)\"\" \"About 
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Let A be the number of adult tickets, S the number of student tickets sold.
\n" ); document.write( "1.\"A%2BS=744\"
\n" ); document.write( "2.\"850A%2B550S=452700\"
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply eq. 1 by (-550) and add to eq. 2,
\n" ); document.write( "\"-550A-550S%2B850A%2B550S=-409200%2B452700\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"300A=43500\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28A=145%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Then from eq. 1,
\n" ); document.write( "\"145%2BS=744\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28S=+599%29\"
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