document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=52684>Question 52684</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult tickets for a play cost $14.00 and child tickets cost $3.00<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If there were 26 people at a performance and the theater collected $199.00 from ticket sales, how many adults and how many children attended the play? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #35165 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=funmath><B>funmath(2933)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=funmath><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=35165\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let the number of adult tickets = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The cost of adult tickets=14x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The rest of the 26 tickets are childrens, so let the amount of childrens tickets=26-x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The cost of childrens tickets=3(26-x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The problem you need to solve would be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14x+3(26-x)=199<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14x+78-3x=199<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11x+78=199<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11x+78-78=199-78<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11x=121<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11x/11=121/11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of adults is 11.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of children is 26-11=15. </SPAN>\n" );
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