document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1206805>Question 1206805</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At a small fair, the first day of ticket sales 600 children’s tickets (x) and 300 adult tickets (y) for a total of $3000. On the second day the fair took in $4250 by selling 900 children’s tickets and 400 adult tickets. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Assume you have to find the price of adult ticket and child ticket\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At a small fair, the first day of ticket sales 600 children’s tickets (x) and 300 adult tickets (y) for a total of $3000.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "600x+300y=3000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide by 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x+3y=30...........................1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "On the second day the fair took in $4250 by selling 900 children’s tickets and 400 adult tickets.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "900x+400y=4250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide by 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x +4y = 42.5.............................2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply (1) by 4 and (2) by 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24x+12y =120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "27x+12y = 127.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3x = -7.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2.50\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug x value  in (1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x+3y=30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6*2.50+3y=30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15+3y=30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y=15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The price of an adult ticket is $5 and the price of a child's ticket is $2.50.\r<BR>\n" );
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