document.write( "Question 1037246: student tickets cost $5 and adult tickets costs $8. one night they had a total of 104 people attend the show. If they raised $583, how many tickets of each were sold \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Students + Adults = 104
\n" ); document.write( "x + y = 104........(1)
\n" ); document.write( "Students tickets + Adults tickets = $583
\n" ); document.write( "5x + 8y = 583......(2)
\n" ); document.write( ".............
\n" ); document.write( "x + y = 104........(1)
\n" ); document.write( "5x + 8y = 583......(2)
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply Eq(1) by 8
\n" ); document.write( "8x + 8y = 832......(1)
\n" ); document.write( "5x + 8y = 583......(2)
\n" ); document.write( "Subtract Eq(2) from Eq(1)
\n" ); document.write( "3x = 249
\n" ); document.write( "x = 83
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute x = 83 into
\n" ); document.write( "Eq(1)
\n" ); document.write( "x + y = 104.........(1)
\n" ); document.write( "83 + y = 104
\n" ); document.write( "y = 104 - 83
\n" ); document.write( "y = 21
\n" ); document.write( "They sold 83 student's tickets
\n" ); document.write( "and 21 adult's tickets.
\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps :-)
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