document.write( "Question 703303: There were 144 tickets sold for a movie. The ratio of the number of child tickets to the number of adult tickets to the number of senior tickets was 4 : 7 : 1. How many of each type of ticket were sold? (2 points)
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\n" ); document.write( "48 child tickets, 84 adult tickets, and 12 senior tickets
\n" ); document.write( "60 child tickets, 80 adult tickets, and 4 senior tickets
\n" ); document.write( "59 child tickets, 77 adult tickets, and 8 senior tickets
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Let \"+c+\" = number of Child's tickets
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"+a+\" = number of adult tickets
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"+s+\" = number of senior tickets
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+c%2Fa+=+4%2F7+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+a%2Fs+=+7%2F1+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(3) \"+c%2Fs+=+4%2F1+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(4) \"+c+%2B+a+%2B+s+=+144+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+c+=+%284%2F7%29%2Aa+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+s+=+%281%2F7%29%2Aa+\"
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute these results into (4)
\n" ); document.write( "(4) \"+c+%2B+a+%2B+s+=+144+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(4) \"+%284%2F7%29%2Aa+%2B+a+%2B+%281%2F7%29%2Aa+=+144+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(4) \"+%2812%2F7%29%2Aa++=+144+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(4) \"+a+=+%287%2F12%29%2A144+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(4) \"+a+=+84+\"
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+c+=+%284%2F7%29%2Aa+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+c+=+%284%2F7%29%2A84+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+c+=+48+\"
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+s+=+%281%2F7%29%2Aa+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+s+=+%281%2F7%29%2A84+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+s+=+12+\"
\n" ); document.write( "48 child , 84 adult, 12 senior tickets
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