document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=411215>Question 411215</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help on this word problem.Iam enrolled in an Algebra2 course.Thank you!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. Jose purchased tickets to a rock show for 8 adults and 2 children.The total cost was $132.The cost of a child's ticket was $4 less than the cost of an abult's ticket.Find the price of an adult's ticket and a child's ticket.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "---you dont have to solve it for me.I only want the formula,and I can solve it myself.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=132?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x-4y=?iam not sure but iam trying.        thank you!! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #289069 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><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=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=289069\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There is no formula. However you'll get a system of equations which will eventually reduce to one single-variable equation that is easy to solve.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > be the cost of an adult ticket and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > be the cost of a child's ticket. Therefore <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8a+%2B+2c+=+132 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8a+%2B+2c+=+132\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Also, the child's ticket is $4 less than an adult's ticket so <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c+=+a+-+4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c+=+a+-+4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. We can substitute <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > into the first equation to get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8a+%2B+2%28a-4%29+=+132 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8a+%2B+2%28a-4%29+=+132\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, from here you can solve for a, then plug your result into <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c+=+a-4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c+=+a-4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to find c. </SPAN>\n" );
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