document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1129988>Question 1129988</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Land O’ Lakes High School auditorium has exactly 26 rows of seats. The rows are labeled, in order, from the front of the auditorium to the back from A through Z. There are 8 seats in the row A. Each row after the first row has two more seats than the previous row. There are 10 seats in row B, 12 seats in row C and so on. How many seats are there in row Z?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For this answer, I have 58 seats.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the total number of seats in the Land O’ Lakes High School auditorium?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For this answer, I have 1508 seats\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Land O’ Lakes High School collected $2860 from ticket sales for the winter concert. A ticket was sold for every seat in the auditorium, resulting in a sold out concert. If the price of an adult ticket was three times the price of a student ticket, and twice as many student tickets were sold as adult tickets, what was the price of a student ticket?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I cannot figure out this last one.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #746623 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=746623\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> sum=(n/2)(2a+(n-1)d)=13(16+(25)(2))=13*66=858 seats\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "student=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "adult=858-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2(858-x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=1716<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=572 student tickets and 286 adult tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "student ticket costs y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "adult ticket costs 3y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "572y+286(3y)=2860<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1430y=2860<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=$2, student ticket cost<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y=$6, adult ticket cost </SPAN>\n" );
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