document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=781635>Question 781635</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> tickets for a movie cost $7.25 for adults and $5.75 for children. One day 12 tickets were sold for $81.00. How many of each ticket were sold?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "12 - x = number of adult tickets sold {total number of tickets sold was 12}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5.75x + 7.25(12 - x) = 81 {price of ticket times number of tickets equals total price}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.75x + 87 - 7.25x = 81 {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1.5x + 87 = 81 {combined like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1.5x = -6 {subtracted 87 from each side}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4 children tickets {divided each side by -1.5}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 - x = 8 adult tickets {substituted 4, in for x, into 12 - x}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 children tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 adult tickets<BR>\n" );
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