document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=652410>Question 652410</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tickets for a school play sold for $7.50 for each adult and $3 for each child. The total reciepts for 113 tickets sold were $663. Find the number of adult tickets sold!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Tickets for a school play sold for $7.50 for each adult and $3 for each child. The total reciepts for 113 tickets sold were $663. Find the number of adult tickets sold!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let amount of adults who attended be A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then amount of children who attended = 113 - A\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since an adult and a child's ticket cost $7.5, and $3, respectively, then:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7.5A + 3(113 - A) = 663\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7.5A + 339 - 3A = 663\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7.5A - 3A = 663 - 339\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4.5A = 324\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A, or amount of adults who attended = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=324%2F4.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"324%2F4.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2872%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2872%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since 113 tickets were sold, and since 72 adults attended, then amount of children who attended = 113 - 72, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2841%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2841%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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