document.write( "Question 911377: We are working with solving multi-step equations with one variable. I need to write an equation to solve the following:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "We are working with solving multi-step equations with one variable. I need to write an equation to solve the following:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I can't figure out what the equation should be using x to represent the number of tickets.
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document.write( "Since 400 people attended, it's safe to assume that a total of 400 tickets were sold
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document.write( "Let the NUMBER of student tickets sold, be x
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document.write( "With 400 tickets being sold, and with x being the number of STUDENT tickets sold, the number of ADULT
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document.write( "tickets sold = 400 - x
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document.write( "With each student ticket costing $2, proceeds from the sale of student tickets = 2x
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document.write( "With each adult ticket costing $3, proceeds from the sale of adult tickets = 3(400 - x)
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document.write( "Now, since total proceeds from sales was $1,050, then we can say that:
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document.write( "2x + 3(400 - x) = 1,050
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document.write( "2x + 1,200 - 3x = 1,050
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document.write( "2x - 3x = 1,050 - 1,200
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document.write( "- x = - 150
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document.write( "x, or number of student tickets sold = , or 
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document.write( "You should be able determine the number of adult tickets that were sold \n" );
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