document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=116249>Question 116249</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tickets for a play at the community theater cost $12 for an adult and $8 for a child.  If 130 tickets were sold and the total receipts were $1160, how many of each type of ticket were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let # of adult tickets be \"x\" ; value of these is 12x dollars.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "# of child tickets is \"130-x\" ; value of these is 8(130-x)=1040-8x dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "value + value = 1160<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x + 1040-8x = 1160<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 30 (# of adult tickets)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "130-x = 100 (# of child tickets)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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