SOLUTION: there were 708 tickets sold at a show. there were 58 more student tickets sold than adult tickets. how many adult tickets were sold?

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Question 762682: there were 708 tickets sold at a show. there were 58 more student tickets sold than adult tickets. how many adult tickets were sold?
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Let represent the number of adult tickets. Then is the number of student tickets, and:



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