document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1161437>Question 1161437</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If 116 people attend a concert and tickets for adults cost $3 while tickets for children cost $2.75 and total receipts for the concert was $335.25, how many of each went to the concert?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A quick mental solution method; if formal algebra is not required....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1) all 116 tickets at $3 each would bring in $348<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) That $348 is $12.75 more than the actual total of $335.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3) The difference between the two ticket prices is $0.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4) The number of children's tickets sold, to bring the total down to the correct $335.25, is $12.75/$0.25 = 51<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 51 children's tickets; 116-51 = 65 adult tickets<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "51(2.75)+65(3) = 140.25+195 = 335.25<br><BR>\n" );
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