document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=120905>Question 120905</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adult tickets for a play cost $20 and child tickets cost $8. If there were 33 people at a performance and the theater collected $468 from ticket sales, how many adults and how many children 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 #88708 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=88708\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A+C=33 & 20A+8C=468<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=33-C NOW REPLACE \"A\" WITH (33-C) IN THE OTHER EQUATION & SOLVE FOR \"C\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20(33-C)+8C=468<BR>\n" );
document.write( "660-20C+8C=468<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-12C=468-660<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-12C=-192<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=-192/-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=16 ANSWER FOR THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN TICKETS SOLD.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=33-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=17 ADULT TICKETS SOLD.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20*17+8*16=468<BR>\n" );
document.write( "340+128=468<BR>\n" );
document.write( "468=468 </SPAN>\n" );
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