document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1062098>Question 1062098</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A total of <BR>\n" );
document.write( "596\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. There were <BR>\n" );
document.write( "54\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " fewer student tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "596 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. There were <BR>\n" );
document.write( "54 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "fewer student tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Quantity Eq:: a + s = 596 tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Quantity Eq:: s = a - 54<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"s\" and solve for \"a\"::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + a-54 = 596<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2a = 650<BR>\n" );
document.write( "adult tickets sold = 325<BR>\n" );
document.write( "student tickets sold = 325-54 = 271<BR>\n" );
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