document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=127392>Question 127392</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the mansfield tigers were playing the cougars on Friday Fight. Tickets wnet on sale at four o'clock on Thursday afternoon. Adult tickets sold for five dollars and student tickets cost 3.50. The total proceeds from Thursday's ticket sales were 155. if 37 tickets were sold on Thursday, how many were adult tickets and how many were adult tickets and how many were student tickets?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let a = no. of adult tickets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let s = no. of student tickets<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The ticket value$ equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5a + 3.5s = 155<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The total tickets sold equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + s = 37<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we can also write it as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = (37 - a)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute (37-a) for s in the 1st equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5a + 3.5(37-a) = 155<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5a + 129.5 - 3.5a = 155; multiplied what's inside the brackets.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5a - 3.5a = 155 - 129.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.5a = 25.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=25.5%2F1.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"25.5%2F1.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 17 adult tickets sold<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "37 - 17 = 20 student tickets sold<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check solution in the $$ equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(17) + 3.5(20) =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "85 + 70 = 155; confirms our solutions<BR>\n" );
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