document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=825818>Question 825818</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Students sold 275 tickets for a fundraiser at school. Some tickets are for children and cost $3, while the rest are adult tickets that cost $5. If the total value of all tickets sold $1,025, how many of each type of ticket was sold?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = how many children tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let y = how many adult tickets\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Account for the ticket count: x+y=275\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Account for the money:  3x+5y=1025\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the system.  Elimination Method might be easiest.  Multiply ticket count equation by 3 and subtract from the money equation, and first find the value for y.<BR>\n" );
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