document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=492243>Question 492243</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me. 400 people were at a baseball game. Student tickets are $2. Adult tickets are $3. Total ticket sales were $1050. How many of each tickets were sold. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=student tickets, y=adult tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "need 2 equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1) 2x+3y=1050<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2) x+y=400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "substitute: y=400-x into first equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+3(400-x)=1050<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+1200-3x=1050<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x=-150 => x=150   substitute back into second equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "150+y=400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=250 </SPAN>\n" );
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