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" );
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document.write( "x = adult<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = children<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".6x + .25y = 140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=280<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute x = 280-y into the first equation<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".6(280-y) + .25y = 140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "168 - .6y + .25y = 140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-.6y + .25y = 140-168<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-.35y = -28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide both sides by -.35<BR>\n" );
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