document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1027506>Question 1027506</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The members of the Historical Society sold a number of tickets to the Easton town picnic and raised $240 from the sale. If the Society has lowered its price by $2 a ticket, the members would have needed to sell 20 more tickets to earn the $240. How many tickets did the Society members actually sell?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What ticket price?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<i>If the Society has lowered its price by $2 a ticket, the members would have needed to sell 20 more tickets to earn the $240.</i>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many tickets sold is variable, different values, in both situations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The main question is, how many tickets actually were sold.  Give this a variable, maybe n.  Cost or actually REVENUE is the same for the actual and for the conditional parts.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "TICKET PRICE DONE:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CONDITIONAL LOWER PRICE:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CONDITIONAL HOW MANY TICKETS SOLD:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Twenty more of them.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "THE CONDITIONAL REVENUE FOR SALES:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Reminder:  The actual revenue is the same as the hypothetical revenue, according to the problem description.  Both are for $240.<BR>\n" );
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