document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=972890>Question 972890</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tickets for a high school basketball game cost $3 for students and $5 each for parents. If 300 tickets were sold for Thursday’s game and total receipts were $1200, what fraction of tickets were sold to students? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "S=number of student tickets; P=number of parent tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S+P=300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P=300-S<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$3S+$5P=$1200 Substitute for P<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$3S+$5(300-S)=$1200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$3S+$1500-$5S=$1200 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-$2S=-$300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S=150 ANSWER 1: There were 150 student tickets sold.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P=300-S=300-150=150 ANSWER 2: 150 parent tickets were sold.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Fractionally, 1/2 of the tickets were student tickets and 1/2 were parent tickets.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$3S+$5P=$1200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$3(150)+$5(150)=$1200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$450+$750=$1200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$1200=$1200 </SPAN>\n" );
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