document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=117265>Question 117265</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult tickets for a play cost $11 and child tickets cost $10. If there were 23 people at a perfromance and the theater collected $246 from tickets sales, how mant childern attended the play? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #85313 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=85313\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A+C=23 OR A=23-C FOR THE NUMBER OF TICKETS SOLD.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11A+10C=246<BR>\n" );
document.write( "NOW REPLACE A WITH(23-C) IN THE SECOND EQUATION & SOLVE FOR C<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11(23-C)+10C=246<BR>\n" );
document.write( "253-11C+10C=246<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-C=246-253<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-C=-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=7 CHILDREN'S TICKETS WERE SOLD. (NO IDEA HOW MANY CHILDREN ATTENDED)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "23-7=16 ADULT TICKETS SOLD.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11*16+10*7=246<BR>\n" );
document.write( "176+70=246<BR>\n" );
document.write( "246=246 </SPAN>\n" );
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