document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=56192>Question 56192</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult tickets for a play cost $4 and child tickets cost $1.  If there were 23 people at a performance and the theater collected $80 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let number of children be \"x\" ; Value of their tickets is x dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Number of adult tickets is \"23-x\"; Value of these is 4(23-x)=(92-4x) dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "value + value = 80 dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 92-4x=80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x=-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=4 (number of children attending)<BR>\n" );
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