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\n" ); document.write( "Jerry wendy and Alice were given some tickets to sell. Each one sold for $5. Jerry sold 3/7 of the tickets. Wendy sold 1/3 of what Alice sold. If wendy sold 60 fewer tickets than Jerry, how much money did they collect.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #816705 by josgarithmetic(39623)\"\" \"About 
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Ticket price is for later in the solution; not sooner.\r
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document.write( "Jerry           (3/7)T\r\n" );
document.write( "Wendy           (3/7)T-60\r\n" );
document.write( "Alice\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Jerry and Wendy were easier to assign than how many Alice sold.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"Wendy sold 1/3 of what Alice sold.\"
\n" ); document.write( "This means that Alice sold three times as much as did Wendy.\r
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document.write( "Jerry           (3/7)T\r\n" );
document.write( "Wendy           (3/7)T-60\r\n" );
document.write( "Alice           3((3/7)T-60)\r\n" );
document.write( "TOTAL           T\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%283%2F7%29T%2B%283%2F7%29T-60%2B3%28%283%2F7%29T-60%29=T\"-------------This should give how many tickets total were sold.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%286%2F7%29T-60%2B9T%2F7-180=T\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"15T%2F7-240=T\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"8T%2F7=240\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"T%2F7=30\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight_green%28T=210%29\"-------number of tickets
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