document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1096903>Question 1096903</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An adult ticket costs $5.  Child's ticket costs $2.  A total of 78 tickets were sold for a total of $246.  How many adult tickets were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If all 78 tickets were children's tickets, the total sales would be 78*2 = $156.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The actual sales amount was $246.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The difference between those two amounts is $246=$156 = $90.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Each adult ticket costs $3 more than each children's ticket.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the number of adult tickets must have been 90/3 = 30. </SPAN>\n" );
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