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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help! Can you give me a step by step solution?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"A community theater sold 900 tickets to a play. Floor seats cost 12$ each, and balcony seats cost 10$. The total receipts were 9780$. How many of each type of ticket were sold?\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you very much! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let # of $12 tickets be \"x\" ; Value of these is 12x dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "# of $10 tickets is \"900-x\" ; Value of these is 10(900-x)=9000-10x dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "value + value = $9780<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x + 9000-10x = 9780<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 780<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 390 (# of $12 tickets)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "900-x = 510 (# of $10 tickets)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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