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document.write( "Let # of adult tickets be \"x\" ; Value of these is 14x dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "# of child tickets is \"28-x\" ; value of these is 4(28-x) = 112-4x dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "value + value = 242 dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14x + 112-4x = 242<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x = 130<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 13 (# of adult tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "28-x = 15 (# of child tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
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