document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=394427>Question 394427</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One thousand tickets were sold at a game. Adult tickets cost $8.50 while kids cost $4.50, for a total of $7,300. How many tickets of each kind were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "adult tickets ----------- x numbers -----------8.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "kids tickets--------------y numbers------------4.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total 7300<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+y =1000.....................1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8.5x+4.5y= 7300...............2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply (1) by -8.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8.5x-8.5y = -8500<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add this to (2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4x=-1200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 300 adult tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "plug value of x in(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y =700 kids tickets.\r<BR>\n" );
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