document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=977022>Question 977022</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Marc sold 497 tickets for the school play. Student tickets cost $4 and adult tickets cost $5. Marc's sales totaled $2283. How many of each type of ticket did Marc sell. This is my summer homework problem and im going into geometry next year so I need to know the algebra fundamentals and iv seen many problems like this and never been able to solve it. So if you help thank you so much. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "497 tickets;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 dollars per ticket, STUDENT<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 dollars per ticket, ADULT<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2283 dollars, sales revenue for the 497 tickets.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Question:  How many adult tickets and how many student tickets?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ASSIGN VARIABLES<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y, count of adult tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x, count of student tickets\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SOLVE THE SYSTEM FOR x AND y.<BR>\n" );
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