document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=54709>Question 54709</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult tickets for a play cost $11 and child tickets cost $10.  If there were 23 people at a performance and the theater collected $246 from ticket sales, 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 #36991 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><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=36991\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A+C=23<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11A+10C=246<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=23-C<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11(23-C)+10C=246<BR>\n" );
document.write( "253-11C+10C=246 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-C=246-253<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-C=-7 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THEN A+7=23<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=23-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11*16+10*7=246<BR>\n" );
document.write( "176+70=246<BR>\n" );
document.write( "246=246<BR>\n" );
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