document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=84900>Question 84900</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ticket sales: Tickets for a concert were sold to adults for $3 and to students $2. If the total  receipts were $824 and twice as many adult tickets as student tickets were sold, then how many of each were sold ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solving this as a linear equation </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #61202 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley75><B>checkley75(3666)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley75><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=61202\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The only suggestion I can give you is: Write down every relevent fact and what answer they are looking for. Now state the problem in words then replace the words with whatever numeric values you have and x,y,z,etc for any of the unknown items.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Example: cost of adult tickets 3.00 times the number of adults (2C) is 3*2C.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now just add the cost of the children's tickets 2.00*C or 2C.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now the sum of these two costs=824.00 or 3*2C+2C=824.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3(2C)+2C=824 $3 FOR EACH ADULT (2*CHILDREN'S). $2 FOR EACH CHILDREN'S TICKET.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6C+2C=824<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8C=824<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=824/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=103 CHILDREN TICKETS SOLD FOR $2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*103=206 ADULT TICKETS SOLD.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3*206+2*103=824<BR>\n" );
document.write( "618+206=824<BR>\n" );
document.write( "824=824 </SPAN>\n" );
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