document.write( "Question 447238: 30% of the tickets sold by a movie theater were children's tickets at $4 ea. The rest of the tickets were sold at the full price of $8.50 ea. The theater collected $252 for the childrens tickets. How many tickets did they sell in all? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "30% of the tickets sold by a movie theater were children's tickets at $4 ea.
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document.write( "The theater collected $252 for the children's tickets.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, the number of children tickets was   = 63.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus, 63 tickets were 30% of all sold tickets.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that the total number of tickets sold was   =210.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The total numbers of tickets sold was 210.\r\n" );
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