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document.write( "A)	1 child<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B)	2 children<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C)	3 children<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D)	18 children<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #38552 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=38552\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Adult tickets for a play cost $5 and child tickets cost $1. If there were 20 people at a performance and the theater collected $92 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let A = number of adults, c = number of children<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It says there were 20 people at the performance so the equation would be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A + C = 20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It says adult tickets ae $5 and kids $1, the total was $92. The equation is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5A + 1C = 92<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If we take the 1st equation and rearrange it like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A + C = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C = 20 - A<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now substitute (20-A) for C in the 2nd equation and solve for A:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5A + 1C = 92<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5A + 1(20 - A) = 92<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5A - A + 20 = 92<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4A = 92 - 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4A = 72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 72/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 18 adults<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the number of kids<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18 + C = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C = 20 - 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C = 2 children<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check our solutions in the 2nd equation: 5(18) + 1(2) = 92\r<BR>\n" );
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