document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1056090>Question 1056090</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On the opening night of a play at a local&#8203; theater, 992 tickets were sold for a total of&#8195;&#8195;&#8203;$11,680. Adult tickets cost &#8203;$14 each.&#8203; Children's tickets cost &#8203;$11 &#8203;each, and senior citizen tickets cost &#8203;$8 each. If the combined number of children and adult tickets exceeded twice the number of senior citizen tickets by 287&#8203;, then how many tickets of each type were&#8203; sold?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #671290 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=671290\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x child tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y adult tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z senior tickets\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You might want to try to first eliminate z, simplify the system to linear equations in x and y; and continue onward to finish.  Alternatively, you could use other standard matrix row reductions or choose substitution method. </SPAN>\n" );
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