document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=61590>Question 61590</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You are selling tickets for a musical at your local community collage. Student tickets cost $5 and general admission tickets cost $8. If you sell 500 tickets and collect $3475, how many student tickets and how many  general admission.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #42408 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><B>ptaylor(2198)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><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=ptaylor><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=42408\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x= number of student tickets sold<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then 500-x has to equal the number of general admission tickets sold\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we know that the amount of $ collected from selling student tickets x($5) plus the amount of $ collected from selling general admission tickets (500-x)($8) must equal the total amount collected ($3475).  Thus, our equation to solve is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x($5)+(500-x)($8)=$3475  Simplifying, we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+4000-8x=3475 and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x=-4000+3475<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x=-525<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=175 student tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "500-x=500-175=325 general admission tickets\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps --------------ptaylor </SPAN>\n" );
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