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Adult tickets to a basketball game cost $5. Student tickets cost $1. A total of $2,479 was collected on the sale of 1,123 tickets. How many of each type of ticket were sold?
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Adult tickets to a basketball game cost $5. Student tickets cost $1. A total of $2,479 was collected on the sale of 1,123 tickets. How many of each type of ticket were sold?

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This is done using simultaneous equations
If the no of adults is X and the no of students is y then,
5x +y=2479
x+y = 1123
Now you have to solve for X and y.
5x+y - (x+y) =2479-1123
4x =1356
X =1356/4
X= 339
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