document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=88423>Question 88423</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult tickets for a play cost $17 and child tickets cost $10. If there were 33 people at a performance and the theater collected $421 from thicket sales, how many children attended the play?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let # of adult tickets sold be \"x\"; value of these is 17x dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of child tickets sold is \"33-x\"; value of these is 10(33-x)= 330-10x dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "value + value = 421 dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17x + 330-10x = 421<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x = 91<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 13 (# of adult tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "33-x = 20 (# of child tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
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