SOLUTION: Tickets for the school play sell. For $3 for a student and $5 for an adult. One night 595 people bought tickets. The school took in $1951. How many adult tickets and how many stude

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Question 571047: Tickets for the school play sell. For $3 for a student and $5 for an adult. One night 595 people bought tickets. The school took in $1951. How many adult tickets and how many student tickets were sold?
Answer by nyc_function(2741) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let s = students
Let A = adults

3s + 5A = 1951
s + A = 595
Solving by substitution, I got s = 512 tickets and A = 83 tickets.