document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=105411>Question 105411</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult tickets for a play cost $16 and child tickets cost $3.  If there were 23 people at a performance and the theater collected $199 from ticket sales, how many adults and how many children attended the play? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #76728 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=76728\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 16A+3C=199<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A+C=23 OR A=23-C<BR>\n" );
document.write( "NOW SUBSTITUTE (23-C) FOR A  & SOLVE FOR C<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16(23-C)+3C=199<BR>\n" );
document.write( "368-16C+3C=199<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-13C=199-368<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-13C=-169<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=-169/-13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=13 IS THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN'S TICKETS SOLD.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "23-13=10 ADULT TICKETS SOLD.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16*10+13*3=199<BR>\n" );
document.write( "160+39=199<BR>\n" );
document.write( "199=199 </SPAN>\n" );
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