document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=75393>Question 75393</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult tickets for a play cost $17 and child tickets cost $2.  If there were 32 people at a performance and the theater collected $364 from ticket sales, how many adults and how many children attended the play? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #54067 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley75><B>checkley75(3666)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley75><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=54067\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 17A+2C=364 & A+C=32 THEN A=32-C NOW WE REPLACE (32-C) FOR A IN THE OTHER EQUATION & SOLVE FOR C<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17(32-C)+2C=364<BR>\n" );
document.write( "544-17C+2C=364<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-15C=364-544<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-15C=-180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=-180/-15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=12 CHILDREN'S TICKETS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=32-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=20 ADULT TICKETS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17*20+2*12=364<BR>\n" );
document.write( "340+24=364<BR>\n" );
document.write( "364=364 <BR>\n" );
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