document.write( "Question 1180039: Prices of admission are as follows
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document.write( "Primary 100 sh each
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document.write( "Secondary 200 sh each
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document.write( "University 400 sh each.
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document.write( "One day, money got from university was twice that of primary sale while four times as many as tickets sold to the secondary as to primary
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document.write( "If total collection of the tickets was sh 22000, find the number of tickets which were sold. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #809638 by greenestamps(13200)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "The money from sales of university tickets was twice the money from sales of primary tickets; and the price of a university ticket was four times the cost of a primary ticket. That means the number of primary tickets sold was twice the number of university tickets. Then the given information tells us \n" ); document.write( "x = # of university tickets \n" ); document.write( "2(x) = 2x = # of primary tickets \n" ); document.write( "4(2x) = 8x = # of secondary tickets \n" ); document.write( "The total price of the tickets sold was 22000: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "So the numbers of tickets sold were \n" ); document.write( "x = 10 university tickets \n" ); document.write( "2x = 20 primary tickets \n" ); document.write( "8x = 80 secondary tickets \n" ); document.write( "CHECK: \n" ); document.write( "10(400)+20(100)+80(200) = 4000+2000+16000 = 22000 \n" ); document.write( "Note the answer to the problem as presented is the (total) number of tickets sold.... \n" ); document.write( "ANSWER: 10+20+80 = 110 tickets were sold \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |