SOLUTION: 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,

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Question 315610: 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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3(2x)+2x=824
8x=824
x=103 stdents
2x=206 adults
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3(206)+2*103=824
618+206=824