document.write( "Question 70072: please explain...adult tickets for a play cost $20 and child ticket cost $1...if there were 26 people at a performance and the theater collected $349 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x=adult ticket for the play
\n" ); document.write( "y=child ticket for the play\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "20x + 1y = 26\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "is this the correct way to set up equation because I am getting rather confused. \n" ); document.write( "
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adult tickets for a play cost $20 and child ticket cost $1...if there were 26 people at a performance and the theater collected $349 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play?
\n" ); document.write( "x=the number ofadult tickets sold; Value is 20x dollars
\n" ); document.write( "y=the number of child tickets sold; value is 1y dollars
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\n" ); document.write( "EQUATIONS:
\n" ); document.write( "x+y=26
\n" ); document.write( "20x+y=349
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\n" ); document.write( "y=-x+26
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute into the 2nd equation to get:
\n" ); document.write( "20x-x+26=349
\n" ); document.write( "19x=323
\n" ); document.write( "x=17 (number of adult tickets sold)
\n" ); document.write( "y=-17+26=9 (number of child tickets sold)
\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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