document.write( "Question 969819: You are selling tickets for a high school basketball game. Student
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Algebra.Com's Answer #592594 by Edwin McCravy(20060) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Let the number of student's tickets be x\r\n" );
document.write( "Then the number of gen. adm. tickets, using\r\n" );
document.write( "ONE PART = TOTAL MINUS OTHER PART,\r\n" );
document.write( "is 350-x.\r\n" );
document.write( "                       Money     Money\r\n" );
document.write( " Type       Number     from       from\r\n" );
document.write( "  of          of       EACH       ALL\r\n" );
document.write( "ticket     tickets    ticket    tickets\r\n" );
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document.write( "student's    x          $3      $3x\r\n" );
document.write( "gen. adm.  350-x        $5      $5(350-x)\r\n" );
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document.write( "TOTALS      350        -----    $1450\r\n" );
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document.write( " The equation comes from the column on the right\r\n" );
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document.write( "        3x + 5(350-x) = 1450\r\n" );
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document.write( "       3x + 1750 - 5x = 1450\r\n" );
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document.write( "           -2x + 1750 = 1450\r\n" );
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document.write( "                  -2x = -300\r\n" );
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document.write( "                    x = 150 = the number of student's tickets.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The number of gen. adm. tickets is 350-x or 350-150 or 200 gen. adm.s.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Checking:  150 student's is $450 and 200 gen. adm.s is $1000\r\n" );
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document.write( "            And indeed $450 + $1000 = $1450\r\n" );
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