document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=972306>Question 972306</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Bus tickets cost $3 for an adult and $2 for a child. There are a adults and c children on a bus.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total number of people on the bus is 52.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total cost of the 52 tickets is $139.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the number of adults and the number of children on the bus. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The total number of people on the bus is 52.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total cost of the 52 tickets is $139.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the number of adults and the number of children on the bus.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=number of children on the bus<BR>\n" );
document.write( "52-x=number of adults on the bus<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+3(52-x)=139<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+156-3x=139<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "52-x=35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of children on the bus=17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of adults on the bus=35 </SPAN>\n" );
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