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\n" ); document.write( "A play was attended by 456 people. Patron's tickets cost $2 and all other tickets cost $3.
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document.write( "Let x = the number of the \"all other tickets\" at $3 each.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the number of the patron's tickets is  (456-x).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now you write the total money equation (the revenue)\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3x + 2*(456-x) = 1131.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the equation, you get\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x =  = 219.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  219 tickets at $3 and the rest, (456-219) = 237 tickets at $2.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is a standard and typical tickets problem.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Using systems of equations to solve problems on tickets \r
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