document.write( "Question 110524: Adult tickets for a play cost $13 and child tickets cost $10. If there were 22 people at a performance and the theater collected $277 from ticket sales, how many adults and how many children attended the play? \n" ); document.write( "
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Adult tickets for a play cost $13 and child tickets cost $10. If there were 22 people at a performance and the theater collected $277 from ticket sales, how many adults and how many children attended the play?
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\n" ); document.write( "A+C=22
\n" ); document.write( "13A+10C=277
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\n" ); document.write( "A=22-C
\n" ); document.write( "13(22-C)+10C=277
\n" ); document.write( "286-13C+10C=277
\n" ); document.write( "-3C=-9
\n" ); document.write( "C=3
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\n" ); document.write( "3 children
\n" ); document.write( "19 adults
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