SOLUTION: A total of 714 tickets were sold for the school play. There were 64 more student tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold?

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Question 326853: A total of 714 tickets were sold for the school play. There were 64 more student tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let A be the number of adult tickets, S student tickets.
1.A%2BS=714
2.S=A%2B64
Substitute eq. 2 into eq. 1,
A%2BA%2B64=714
2A=650
highlight%28A=325%29
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S=325%2B64
highlight%28S=389%29