document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1186762>Question 1186762</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Which equation can be used to determine the number of movie tickets sold if the cost of each ticket was $5.50 and $6,850 was the total dollar amount for tickets sold. The number of tickets is represented by x. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.50x = 6850<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6850 - x = 5.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6850 - 5.50 = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6850x = 5.50 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "total amount for tickets sold is 6850.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x = the amount of tickets sold.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cost of each ticket times number of tickets sold = total price.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total price is 6850.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cost of each ticket is 5.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x = number of tickets sold.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.50 * x = 6850.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that would be your first selection.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from 5.50 * x = 6850, divide both sides of that equation by 5.50 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 6850 / 5.50.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for x to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1245.454545...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "unfortunately, the problem was not set up properly to give you an integer answer for the number of tickets sold.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that's not the fault of the formula.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the formula of 5.50 * x = 6850 is correct.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this is derived from:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cost of each ticket times number of tickets sold = total price\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to confirm that the value of x is good, replace x in the original equation to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.50 * x = 6850.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when x = 1245.454545..., the equation becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.50 * 1245.454545.... = 6850.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "evaluate the equation to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6850 = 6850, confirming the value of x is good.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "note that 1245.454545..... is equal to 13700/11.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that is the fraction equivalent of 1245.454545......<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.50 * 13700/11 = 6850 is the same formula when the number of tickets is expressed as a fraction.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "evaluate the equation to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6850 = 6850, confirming, once again, that the number of tickets sold is correct.\r<BR>\n" );
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