document.write( "Question 1155777: 1.) The talent show committee sold a total of 530 tickets in advance. Student tickets cost
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document.write( "Let x be the number of adult tickets; then the number of student tickets is (530-x).\r\n" );
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document.write( "    4x + 3*(530-x) = 1740.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the equation, express x and calculate\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x = \"%281740-3%2A530%29%2F%284-3%29\" = 150.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  150 adult tickets and (530-150) = 380 student tickets.\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK.   150*4 + 380*3 = 1740 dollars.   Ok\r\n" );
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