document.write( "Question 1110755: Tickets to a soccer match cost $17.25 for adults and $10.50 for students. A group of people
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document.write( "purchased 25 tickets for $336.75.\r
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document.write( "How many student tickets were purchased? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #725768 by mananth(16946) You can put this solution on YOUR website! Adult x tickets \n" ); document.write( "students y tickets \n" ); document.write( "Equation for tickets \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "1 x + 1 y = 25 .............1 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Equation for amount spent \n" ); document.write( "17.25 x + 10.50 y = 336.75 .............2 \n" ); document.write( "Eliminate y \n" ); document.write( "multiply (1)by -10.50 \n" ); document.write( "Multiply (2) by 1 \n" ); document.write( "-10.50 x -10.50 y = -262.50 \n" ); document.write( "17.25 10.50 y = 336.75 \n" ); document.write( "Add the two equations \n" ); document.write( "6.75 x = 74.25 \n" ); document.write( "/ 6.75 \n" ); document.write( "x = 11.00 \n" ); document.write( "plug value of x in (1) \n" ); document.write( "11.00 x + y = 25.00 \n" ); document.write( "11.00 + y = 25.00 \n" ); document.write( " y = 14.00 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Adult 11 tickets \n" ); document.write( "students 14 tickets \n" ); document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |