document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=69084>Question 69084</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult tickets for a play cost $11.00 and child tickets cost $10.00.  If there were 23 people at a performance and the theater collected $246.00 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help me to solve this  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #49168 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=49168\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let a=adults, c=children<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=11a%2B10c=246 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"11a%2B10c=246\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >money made from adult's and children's tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%2Bc=23 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%2Bc=23\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > number of people<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a=23-c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a=23-c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > solve for any variable, in this case a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=11%2Ahighlight%28%2823-c%29%29%2B10c=246 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"11%2Ahighlight%28%2823-c%29%29%2B10c=246\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >plug in value of a in terms of c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=253-11c%2B10c=246 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"253-11c%2B10c=246\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Distribute<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=253-c=246 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"253-c=246\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Simplify<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-c=-7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-c=-7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Isolate c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c=7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c=7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Negate to make c a positive number <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the number of children that attended is 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%2Bhighlight%287%29=23 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%2Bhighlight%287%29=23\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Plug in number of children and solve for number of adults<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a=16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a=16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So there were 16 adults and 7 children </SPAN>\n" );
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