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A group of adults plus one child attend a movie and Cineplex 15. tickets cost $19 for adults and $6 for children the total cost for the movie is $78 write an equation to find the number of adults in the group

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Answer:

72 = 19x

Explanation:

We're told that one child attended, meaning we can subtract $6 from the total of $78. Then we just need to divide $72 by 19. These numbers leave you with an incomplete adult but it is the correct equation.

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