document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=986487>Question 986487</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A minor league baseball team had a total attendance one evening of 1175, the tickets for adults and children sold for 5.00 and 3.50 respectively , the ticket revenue that night was 5087.50 . create a system of linear equations to find the numbers of adults A and children C at the game, and solve your system of equations by elimination or by substitution . explain your choice m use the intersact feature or the zoom and trace features of a graphice utility to solve your syetem </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A+C=1175<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=1175-C<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$5.00A+$3.50C=$5087.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5.00(1175-C)+$3.50C=$5087.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5875-$5.00C+$3.50C=$5087.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-$1.50C=-$787.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=525 ANSWER 1: There were 525 children at the game.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A=1175-525<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=650 ANSWER 2: There were 650 adults at the games.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$5.00A+$3.50C=$5087.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5.00(650)+$3.50(525)=$5087.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$3250+$1837.50=$5087.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5087.50=$5087.50<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A is on x axis, C is on y axis<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A+C=1175 (Red line on graph)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5.00A+$3.50C=$5087.50 (Green line on graph)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Intersection at (650,525)\r<BR>\n" );
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