document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=99764>Question 99764</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help -- I came up with r=t-2/3(t) x $6+$3(2/3)(t), but I don't think that it is right.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A drama club plans to sell 100 tickets to a school musical.  An adult ticket costs $6, and a student ticket costs $4.  Students who attend the school get a $1 discount.  The club expects two-thirds of the student tickets to be discounted.  Write an equation that gives the total revenue r (in dollars) as a function of the number (a) of adult tickets sold. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let number of adult tickets sold be \"x\" ; value of these is 6x dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Number of student tickets sold is \"100-x\" <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2/3)(100-x) sell for 3 dollars; have a value of 3[(2/3)(100-x)]=200-2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1/3)(100-x) sell for 4 dollars; have a value of 4[(1/3)(x-100)]=(4/3)x-(400/3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Revenue = 6x + 200-2x +(4/3)x-(400/3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= (16/3)x +(200/3) dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.  </SPAN>\n" );
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