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19 May, 11:29

A community center sells a total of 299 tickets for a basketball game. An adult ticket costs $4. A student ticket costs $1. The sponsors collect $587 in ticket sales. Find the number of each type of ticket sold.

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  1. 19 May, 12:10
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    96 adult tickets 203 student tickets

    Step-by-step explanation:

    The most expensive ticket is the adult ticket, so we'll use "a" to represent the number of those sold. Then (299-a) student tickets were sold, and total revenue was ...

    4a + 1 (299-a) = 587

    3a = 288

    a = 96

    96 adult tickets and 203 student tickets were sold.
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