document.write( "Question 668715: after selling a total of 427 adult and student tickets the cashier at a theater had receipts of $3263.50 if adult tickets sells for $8.50 and student tickets for 6.50 how many of each type of ticket were sold?
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x Adult tickets
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\n" ); document.write( "Total tickets sold
\n" ); document.write( "x+y = 427.00 .............1
\n" ); document.write( "Value of tickets
\n" ); document.write( "8.50 x + 6.50 y = 3,263.50 .............2
\n" ); document.write( "Eliminate y
\n" ); document.write( "multiply (1)by -6.50
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply (2) by 1.00
\n" ); document.write( "-6.50 x -6.50 y = -2,775.50
\n" ); document.write( "8.50 x + 6.50 y = 3,263.50
\n" ); document.write( "Add the two equations
\n" ); document.write( "2.00 x = 488.00
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\n" ); document.write( "x = 244.00
\n" ); document.write( "plug value of x in (1)
\n" ); document.write( "x +y = 427.00
\n" ); document.write( "244.00 + y = 427.00
\n" ); document.write( " y = 427.00-244
\n" ); document.write( " y = 183.00
\n" ); document.write( " y = 183.00
\n" ); document.write( " 244 Adult tickets
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