document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=540652>Question 540652</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> University Theatre sold 493 tickets for a play. Tickets cost $23 per adult and $14 per senior citizen. If total receipts were $8270, how many senior citizen tickets were sold?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = tickets sold for adults<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C = tickets sold for Senior citizens\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "T = Total tickets sold<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T = 493\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "23A = money got from selling tickets for adults<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14C = money got from selling tickets for Seniors\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "23A + 14C = 8270\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We know that \"tickets sold for adults\" + \"tickets sold for Senior citizens\" = \"Total tickets sold\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A + C = T<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A + C = 493\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We work out \"A\" from the previous equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = 493 - C\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, substitute \"A = 493 - C\" into \"23A + 14C = 8270\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "23*(493-C) + 14C = 8270<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11339 -23C + 14C = 8270<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11339 -9C  = 8270<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11339 - 8270 = 9C<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3069 = 9C<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3069/9 = C<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C = 341\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is that: 341 tickets for Senior Citizens were sold.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If we need the total tickets sold for Adults, just substitute \"C = 341\" into \"A = 493 - C\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = 493 - C<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 493 - 341<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 152\r<BR>\n" );
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