document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204764>Question 1204764</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At the local drive-in theater, the manager sold 200 tickets.  Adult tickets cost $9 each, while children's tickets cost $5 each.  If the theater sold $1420 worth of tickets, how many adult tickets and how many children's tickets were sold?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The formal algebraic solutions provided by the other tutors are fine.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But you can get good mental exercise, and good problem-solving practice, by solving the problem using logical reasoning and simple mental arithmetic.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If all 200 tickets were children's tickets, the total cost would be 200($5) = $1000.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The actual total cost was $1420-$1000 = $420 more than that.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Each adult ticket costs $4 more than each children's ticket.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of adult tickets sold was $420/$4 = 105.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 105 adult tickets and 200-105 = 95 children's tickets.<br><BR>\n" );
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