document.write( "Question 408872: a movie was was attended by 212 people. Children's tickets were $4 and adult tickets were $8. If the amount from tickets sales was $1448, how many children and how many adults attended?
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document.write( "Hi
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document.write( "movie was was attended by 212 people
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document.write( "Let xand (212-x) represent the number of adult and children's tickets respectively
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document.write( "Question states***
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document.write( " 8x + 4(212-x) = 1448
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document.write( "Solving for x
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document.write( "     4x = 600
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document.write( "      x = 150, number of adult tickets. 62 children's tickets. (212-150)  
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document.write( "    $8*150 + $4*62 =  $1200 + $248 = $1448 \n" );
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