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document.write( "Let # of adult tickets be \"x\" ; Value of these is 17x dollars.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of child tickets is \"22-x\" ; Value of these is 2(22-x) = 44-2x dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "value + value = 179 dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17x + 44-2x = 179<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15x = 135<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 9 (# of adult tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "22-x = 13 (# of child tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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