document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=767043>Question 767043</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Six hundred people attended the premiere of a motion picture. Adult tickets cost $11, and children were admitted for $6. If box office receipts totaled $5700, how many children attended the premiere? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let c be for Children\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since total number of people attended are 600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + c = 600.........(i)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$11 for Adults<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$6 for children<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total receipts = $5700\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11a + 6c = 5700.....(ii)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a = 600 - c.........(iii)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Putting equation (iii) into equation (ii)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11(600-c) + 6c = 5700<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6600 - 11c + 6c = 5700<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5c = 900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 180 children </SPAN>\n" );
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