SOLUTION: Tickets to the ball game are $8 for students and $12 for adults. If you sold three times as many student tickets as adults tickets and you made a total of $540, how many adult tick

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Question 1071885: Tickets to the ball game are $8 for students and $12 for adults. If you sold three times as many student tickets as adults tickets and you made a total of $540, how many adult tickets did you sell?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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8S+12A=540
S=3A
24A+12A=540
A=15
S=45
That is 15*$12=$180
and 45*$8=$360
They add to $540.