document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=503233>Question 503233</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ron and Kathy are ticket-sellers at their class play, Ron handling student tickets that sell for $2.00 each and Kathy selling adult tickets for $4.50 each. If their total income for 20 tickets was $60.00, how many did Ron sell? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Student tickets sold = s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Adult tickets sold = a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cost of total tickets sold = 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Student tickets sold + Adult tickets sold = Total Tickets sold<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s+a = 20 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 20-a .......(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cost of Adult Ticket = 4.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cost of Students Ticket = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cost of Student tickets sold = s*2=2s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cost of Adult tickets sold = a*4.5 =4.5a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cost of Student tickets sold + Cost Adult tickets sold = Cost of Total Tickets sold\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2s+4.5a=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Put the value of s in above equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(20-a)+4.5a=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40-2a+4.5a=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40+2.5a=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.5a=60-40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.5a=60-40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.5a=20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide by 2.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.5a/2.5=20/2.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Put the value of a in (1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 20-a .......(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 20-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Student tickets sold = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Adult tickets sold = 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60=12*2 + 8*4.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60=24+36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60=60\r<BR>\n" );
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