Question 1062098
A total of 
596 
tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. There were 
54 
fewer student tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold? 
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Quantity Eq:: a + s = 596 tickets
Quantity Eq:: s = a - 54
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Substitute for "s" and solve for "a"::
a + a-54 = 596
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2a = 650
adult tickets sold = 325
student tickets sold = 325-54 = 271
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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