document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=698159>Question 698159</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> solve using system equations by elimination:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tickets: $5 adults, $2 child<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total sold: 1820 tickets in the amount of $6106<BR>\n" );
document.write( "how many adults, how many child </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\"> represent the number of adults and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE y\"> represent the number of children\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then since 1820 tickets were sold,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ +\ y\ =\ 1820\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since adult tickets cost $5, the total value of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\"> adult tickets is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 5x\"> dollars.  Likewise the total value of child tickets is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 2y\"> dollars.  The total value of all tickets is given as $6106, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5x\ +\ 2y\ =\ 6106\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the system for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE (x,\,y)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note:  There is no integer solution to the problem as stated.  Correct the problem and repost, or tell your instructor that the problem does not have a solution that makes sense in the real world where we don't have fractional people.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<font face=\"Math1\" size=\"+2\">Egw to Beta kai to Sigma</font><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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