document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=68157>Question 68157</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are 258 people, adults pay $8 and the children pay $5 to go to a movie theater. The total sum of money the movie theater made that night from selling tickets was $1431. How many children were there. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let number of adult tickets sold be \"x\"; Value of these is 8x dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Number of child ticks sold is 258-x; Value of these is 5(258-x)=1290-5x dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "value + value = 1431 dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x + 1290-5x = 1431<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=141<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=47 (number of adult tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "258-x=211 (number of child tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
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