document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=666558>Question 666558</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Admission tickets to a theater were 60 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. Receipts for the day showed that 280 persons attended and $140 was collected. How many children attended that day? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #414539 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=414539\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> adults  --------- x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "children ----------- y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+y = 280.........................(1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Receipts = 140*100= 14000 cents\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "60x+25y=14000.....................(2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply equation (1) by -60\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-60x-60y=-16800\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add with (2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-35y= -2800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= -2800/-35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 80 the number of children<BR>\n" );
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