document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1183357>Question 1183357</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1.	 Felix and his friend Ali are selling tickets for the rides at their school’s annual fair.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	a	Between them they sell 80 tickets. Felix sold 12 more tickets than Ali. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "		Write an equation and solve it to find how many tickets they each sold.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	b		The tickets are $3 for adults and $2 for children. The 80 tickets cost a total of $168. The school wants to find out the number of adult tickets and the number of children’s tickets sold.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "		i	Define the two unknown variables in this situation. Use the facts in the question to write a pair of simultaneous equations relating the two variables.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "		ii	Solve this pair of simultaneous equations using elimination and then write your answer in words.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. Felix and his friend Ali are selling tickets for the rides at their school’s annual fair.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a Between them they sell 80 tickets. Felix sold 12 more tickets than Ali.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write an equation and solve it to find how many tickets they each sold.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b The tickets are $3 for adults and $2 for children. The 80 tickets cost a total of $168. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Felix sold y+12 tickets and Ali sold y tickets.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=34 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=34\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Felix sold 46 tickets and Ali sold 34 tickets.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If A adult tickets then 80-A children tickets.<BR>\n" );
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