document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1157920>Question 1157920</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A concert manager counted 475 ticket receipts the day after a concert. The price for a student ticket was $10.50, and the price for an adult ticket was $12.00. The register confirms that $5,475.00 was taken in. How many student tickets and adult tickets were sold </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A concert manager counted 475 ticket receipts.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let number of students be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and adults be y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=475\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " The price for a student ticket was $10.50,<BR>\n" );
document.write( " and the price for an adult ticket was $12.00.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The register confirms that $5,475.00 was taken in.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10.50x +12y = 5475\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the equations\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.00	x	+	1.00	y	=	475.00	<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10.50	x	+	12.00	y	=	5475.00	.............2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Eliminate 	y						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply (1)by		-12.00					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply (2) by		1.00					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-12.00	x		-12.00	y	=	-5700.00	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10.50	x		12.00	y	=	5475.00	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add the two equations							<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1.50	x				=	-225.00	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "/	-1.50						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x	=	150.00					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "plug value of			x	in (1)			<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.00	x	+	1.00	y	=	475.00	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "150.00		+	1.00	y	=	475.00	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "			1.00	y	=	325.00	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "				y	=	325.00	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans	x	=	150.00				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	y	=	325.00				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	150.00	students					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	325.00	Adults					<BR>\n" );
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