document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=862543>Question 862543</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A group of adults and kids went to see a movie. Tickets cost $6.00 each for adults and $2.50 each for kids, and the group paid $41.50 in total. There were 3 fewer adults than kids in the group.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the number of adults and kids in the group. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the number of adults and kids in the group.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x=number of kids<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-3=number of adults<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.50x+6.00(x-3)=41.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.5x+6x-18=41.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8.5x=59.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-3=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of kids=7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of adults=4 </SPAN>\n" );
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