document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1208613>Question 1208613</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tickets to a local movie were sold for $6.00 for adults and $4.50 for students. If 276 tickets were sold for a total of $1632.00, how many student tickets were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x = number of adults<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = number of students\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+y = 276 since there are 276 total people<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solving for x gives us x = -y+276\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6x = money from just the adults<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.5y = money from just the students\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6x+4.5y = total amount of money brought in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x+4.5y = 1632<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6( <font color=red>x</font> )+4.5y = 1632<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6( <font color=red>-y+276</font> )+4.5y = 1632  ....... replace x with -y+276<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'll let the student take over from here.<BR>\n" );
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