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document.write( "60 pupils sold some tickets. Each boy sold 3 tickets and Each girl sold 5 tickets. In the end the boys sold 4 more tickets than the girls. How many more boys than girls were there. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #843003 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=843003\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 60 pupils sold some tickets. Each boy sold 3 tickets and Each girl sold 5 tickets. In the end the boys sold 4 more tickets than the girls. How many more boys than girls were there.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let number of boys be x and girls be y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+y=60.........................1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each boy sold 3 tickets = They sold 3x tickets\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Each girl sold 5 tickets. So they sold 5x tickets\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the boys sold 4 more tickets than the girls.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x -5y=4......................2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+y=60.........................1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x -5y=4......................2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply eq 1 by 5 and add to eqn 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x+5y=300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-5y=4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x =304\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 38\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+y=60 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "38+y=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=60-38= 22\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, there were 38 boys and 22 girls. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You could do the rest of it\r<BR>\n" );
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