document.write( "Question 72940This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra 1A
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\n" ); document.write( "Adult tickets for a play cost $9 and child tickets cost $8. If there were 23 people at a performance and the theater collected $193 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play? \n" ); document.write( "
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Adult tickets for a play cost $9 and child tickets cost $8. If there were 23 people at a performance and the theater collected $193 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play?
\n" ); document.write( "Let the number of children be: x
\n" ); document.write( "Then the rest of the 23 people in attendance were adults, let that be: 23-x
\n" ); document.write( "The amount of money collected from children is 8 per child: 8x
\n" ); document.write( "The amount of money collected from adults is 9 per adult: 9(23-x)
\n" ); document.write( "The total amount collected is 193: =193
\n" ); document.write( "Therefore, the problem to solve is:
\n" ); document.write( "8x+9(23-x)=193
\n" ); document.write( "8x+207-9x=193
\n" ); document.write( "-x+207=193
\n" ); document.write( "-x+207-207=193-207
\n" ); document.write( "-x=-14
\n" ); document.write( "-x/-1=-14/-1
\n" ); document.write( "x=14
\n" ); document.write( "14 children attended the event.
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\n" ); document.write( "Sanity Check:
\n" ); document.write( "If 14 children attended the event, then 23-14=9 adults attended.
\n" ); document.write( "8(14)+9(9)=112+81=193 It works out.
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