document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=104990>Question 104990</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult tickets for a play cost $15 and child tickets cost $13.  If there were 26 people at a performance and the theater collected $364 from ticket sales, how many adults and how many children attended the play?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "VERY bad with word problems </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #76429 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley75><B>checkley75(3666)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley75><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=76429\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 15A+13C=364<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A+C=26 OR A=26-C<BR>\n" );
document.write( "NOW REPLACE A WITH(26-C) IN THE FIRST EQUATION.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15(26-C)+13C=364<BR>\n" );
document.write( "390-15C+13C=364<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2C=364-390<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2C=-26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=-26/-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=13 CHILDREN TICKETS SOLD.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26-13=13 ADULT TICKETS SOLD.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15*13+13*13=364<BR>\n" );
document.write( "195+169=364<BR>\n" );
document.write( "364=364 </SPAN>\n" );
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