document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1025644>Question 1025644</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Miguel is selling tickets to a barbecue. Adult tickets cost 6.00 and children’s tickets cost 4.00. He sells six ore children’s tickets than adult tickets. The total amount of money he collects is 184. How many adult tickets and how many children tickets did he sell? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "X= adult tickets sold, X+6 is the number of children tickets. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Next  6X+4(X+6)=184\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6X+4X+24=184\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10X=160\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X=16 X+6=22\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16 adults 22 kids , no system of equations. \r<BR>\n" );
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