document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=502494>Question 502494</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 9 movie tickets cost $30.00 total.  Each child's ticket cost $2.00 and each adult ticket costs $4.00.  How many child's ticket were purchased?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A movie theatre is presenting a stage production of the feature \"Hoodwinked\". At the opening, 70 tickets were sold and ticket sales totaled $568. If adult tickets cost $10 and children's tickets cost $7, how many of each type of ticket were sold? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question doesn't ask for a formula, it asks how many tix were sold.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a + c = 70 (# of tix)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10a + 7c = 568 (cost of tix)<BR>\n" );
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