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The Drama Club sold 320 adult tickets and 153 student tickets for their last performance. Adult

tickets cost 75₵ more than student tickets. If the total receipts were $949.50, what was the
price of each ticket?

User Noris
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Let s represent the price of a student ticket. Then the revenue equation is

... 153s + 320(s +0.75) = 949.50

... 473s + 240 = 949.50 . . . . . . simplify

... 473s = 709.50 . . . . . . . . . . . subtract 240

... s = 1.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . divide by 473

Student tickets were $1.50; adult tickets were $2.25.

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