document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1101700>Question 1101700</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1000 people at concert. X were adults and y were kids. Adults cost 10 Euro and kids cost 5 Euro. Total amount 8750 Euro. How many were kids and how many were adults </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "My take on the alligation method.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8750 euro = 1000 tickets at 8.75 euro each<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let A denote the 10 Euro tickets and B denote the 5 Euro tickets which we have.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let C denote the 8.75 Euro which we want.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using the method of alligation.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10         3.75 3.75/5.0*1000=750 adults at 10 Euro \r\n" );
document.write( "      8.75     750+250= 1000 tickets of 8.75 Euro\r\n" );
document.write( "5         1.25 1.25/5.0*1000=250 Kids at 5 Euro \r\n" );
document.write( "           5.0\r\n" );
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document.write( "1.25= 10 - 8.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.75= 8.75 - 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E.g. There are 3.75 parts of A plus 1.25 parts of B<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then 3.75+1.25=5.0 parts total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.75/5.0=0.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.75*1000=750<BR>\n" );
document.write( "750 adult at 10 euro<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1000 tickets-750 adult=250 kids<BR>\n" );
document.write( "250.0 kids of 5 euro<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.25/5.0=0.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.25*1000=250 Euro<BR>\n" );
document.write( "250.0 kids at 5 euro.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "check<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.05 * 250 + 0.1 * 750 = 0.0875*1000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12.5 + 75.0 = 87.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "87.5 = 87.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ok<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank you greenestampes for introducing me to alligation.  </SPAN>\n" );
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