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document.write( "A local theater sold 500 seats for an upcoming play. Ticket prices for adults were $63.00 and the ticket prices for children were $31.00. If the theater made $26,444.00 for the show, how many adults and how many children attended? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=number of adults attending<BR>\n" );
document.write( "500-x=number of children attending<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "63x+31(500-x)=26444<BR>\n" );
document.write( "63x+15500-31x=26444<BR>\n" );
document.write( "32x=10944<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=342<BR>\n" );
document.write( "500-x=158<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of adults attending=342<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of children attending=158 </SPAN>\n" );
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