document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=694293>Question 694293</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One hundred tickets were sold to a baseball games, some at $3, $4, and $5.  The total receipts from the sale of the tickets was $380.  How many $5 tickets were sold if twice as many $3 tickets were sold as $5 tickets? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " The total receipts from the sale of the tickets was $380.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How many $5 tickets were sold if twice as many $3 tickets were sold as $5 tickets?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a = no. of $3 tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = no. of $4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = no. of $5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write an equation for each statement:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"One hundred tickets were sold to a baseball games,\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + b + c = 100<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"The total receipts from the sale of the tickets was $380.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3a + 4b + 5c = 380<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"twice as many $3 tickets were sold as $5 tickets?\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 2c<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Replace a with 2c in the first and second equations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2c + b + c = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b + 3c = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(2c) + 4b + 5c =  380<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4b + 11c = 380<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply eq: b + 3c = 100, by 4, subtract the above equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4b + 12c = 400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4b + 11c = 380<BR>\n" );
document.write( "---------------subtracting eliminates b, find c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 20 each $5 tickets were sold<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can find a and b, then confirm the solution in both equations </SPAN>\n" );
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