document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=533882>Question 533882</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There were 662 tickets sold for a basketball game. Carholder's ticket is $1.75 and noncardholder's ticket is $2.50. The total money collected was $1399.25. How many of each kind of ticket was sold?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cardholder's ticket=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Non-Cardholder's ticket= </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let c = the number of cardholder tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then 662 - c = the number of non-cardholder tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total amount collected is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.75c + 2.5(662-c) = 1399.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Simplify and solve:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.75c + 1655 - 2.5c = 1399.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-0.75c = -255.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 341 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the numbers are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cardholders = 341<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Non-cardholders = 662 - 341 = 321 </SPAN>\n" );
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