document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1171608>Question 1171608</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Word problems are my weakness, please help\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose that there are two types of tickets to a show: advance and same-day. Advance tickets cost $35 and same-day tickets cost $30. For one performance, there were 40 tickets sold in all, and the total amount paid for them was $1325. How many tickets of each type were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the number of advance tickets.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the number of same-day tickets is  (40-x), OBVIOUSLY.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next, you write the total money equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "    35x + 30*(40-x) = 1325     (total money).\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is your basic equation for this problem.\r\n" );
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document.write( "As soon as you understand on how to get it and how to write it, the setup is complete and you are a winner.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rest is just a technique.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To solve the equation, simplify it\r\n" );
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document.write( "    35x + 1200 - 30x = 1325\r\n" );
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document.write( "    35x - 30x        = 1325 - 1200\r\n" );
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document.write( "       5x            = 125\r\n" );
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document.write( "        x            = 125/5 = 25.\r\n" );
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document.write( "<U>ANSWER</U>.  25 advanced tickets and (40-25) = 15 same-day tickets.\r\n" );
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document.write( "<U>CHECK</U>.   25*35 + 15*30 = 1325, total money.   ! Precisely correct !\r\n" );
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document.write( "The problem is just solved.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is a standard and typical tickets problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are different methods of solving such problems.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/coordinate/lessons/Using-systems-of-equations-to-solve-problems-on-Tickets.lesson>Using systems of equations to solve problems on tickets</A> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "explaining and showing all basic methods of solving such problems.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From these lessons, &nbsp;learn on how to solve such problems once and for all.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The referred lesson is the part of this online textbook under the topic \"<U>Systems of two linear equations in two unknowns</U>\".\r<BR>\n" );
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