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Ticket Sales: Tickets for a concert were sold to adults for $3 and to students for $2. If the total receipts were $824 and twice as many adult tickets as student tickets were s
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Question 146521:
Ticket Sales: Tickets for a concert were sold to adults for $3 and to students for $2. If the total receipts were $824 and twice as many adult tickets as student tickets were sold, then how many of each were sold?
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Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3*2X+2X=824
6X+2X=824
8X=824
X=8248
X=103 STUDENT TICKETS WERE SOLD
2*103-206 ADULT TICKETS WERE SOLD.
PROOF:
3*206+2*103=824
618+206=824
824=824
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