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document.write( "price of kids ticket=$2.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "price of adult ticket=$5.00<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of kids who went to the movie=2, cost=2*2.50=$5.00<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of adults who went to the movie=5, cost=5*5.00=$25.00<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total cost=5+25=30 dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "can anyone do this problem algebraically? </SPAN>\n" );
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