document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=721078>Question 721078</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> University Theater sold 445 tickets for a play.  Tickets cost $20 per adult and $12 per senior citizen.  If total receipts were $6156, how many senior citizen tickets were sold?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a=adults<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s=seniors\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a+s=445<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20a+12s=6156<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20a+12s=6165<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   a  +  s  = 445<BR>\n" );
document.write( "19a  + 11s=5711       Don't know what else to do.  Help? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a=adults<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s=seniors <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a+s=445<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20a+12s=6156<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20a+12s = 6156<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12a+12s = 12*445<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract and solve for \"a\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8a = 816<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 102 (# of adult tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"s\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + s = 445<BR>\n" );
document.write( "102 + s = 445<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 343 (# of student tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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