document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1135264>Question 1135264</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this equations <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The circus is coming. Cindy is selling tickets. she sold 8 adults tickets and 5 children's tickets for a total of $180.50 in sales. The second day she received $261.00 for 12 adult tickets and 6 children tickets. What is the price of a child's ticket? What is the price of an adult ticket? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write two algebraic equations that model this circus ticket scenario.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Show how you solved the problem by using elimination method, the substitution method, or the graphical method <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the two equations are both in the form Ax+By=C, then elimination is nearly always easier than substitution.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the first equation by 3 and the second by 2.  That will make the coefficients of A both 24; then subtracting one equation from the other will eliminate A and let you solve for C.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3C+=+19.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3C+=+19.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=C+=+6.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"C+=+6.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute the value you found for C back in one of the original equations to solve for A.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The tickets cost $6.50 for a child and $18.50 for an adult. </SPAN>\n" );
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