document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1005058>Question 1005058</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A single screen movie theatre in a small town shows a movie twice each day: a matinee at noon and an evening showing at 7pm.  Matinee tickets cost $6.50 each; evening tickets cost $9.50 each.  One Saturday, 140 tickers were sold for both showings, and $1141 was brought in from the ticket sales at both showings.  How many matinee tickets were sold?  How many evening tickets were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Matinee tickets cost $6.50 each; evening tickets cost $9.50 each. One Saturday, 140 tickers were sold for both showings, and $1141 was brought in from the ticket sales at both showings. How many matinee tickets were sold? How many evening tickets were sold?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Quantity:: m + e = 140 tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Value::  6.5m+9.5e = 1141 dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Modify for elimination:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "65m + 65e = 65*140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "65m + 95e = 11410<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract and solve for \"e\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30e = 2310<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e = 77 (# of evening tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m = 140-e = 140-77 = 63 (# of matinee tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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