document.write( "Question 493569: A theater sells adult tickets for $8 and children’s tickets for $5. If a total of $236 was taken in on
\n" ); document.write( "sales of 34 total tickets, then how many adult tickets were sold? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "x=Adult Ticket
\n" ); document.write( "y=Children Ticket\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Cost of Adult ticket = 8$
\n" ); document.write( "Cost of Children ticket = 5$\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Cost of x tickets sold=8x
\n" ); document.write( "Cost of y tickets sold=5y\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Adult tickets sold + children’s tickets sold = Total tickets sold
\n" ); document.write( "x+y=34
\n" ); document.write( "x=34-y………………(1)
\n" ); document.write( "Cost of Adult tickets sold + Cost of Children’s tickets sold = Cost of total tickets sold
\n" ); document.write( "8x+5y=236……..(2)
\n" ); document.write( "Put value of x from (1) to (2)
\n" ); document.write( "8x+5y=236……..(2)
\n" ); document.write( "8(34-y )+5y=236
\n" ); document.write( "272-8y+5y=236
\n" ); document.write( "-3y=236-272
\n" ); document.write( "-3y=-36
\n" ); document.write( "-3y/-3=-36/-3
\n" ); document.write( "y=12
\n" ); document.write( "Put value of y in (1)
\n" ); document.write( "x=34-y………………(1)
\n" ); document.write( "x=34-12
\n" ); document.write( "x=22
\n" ); document.write( "12 Children tickets and 22 Adult tickets were sold.
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