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Tickets for the basketball game cost $14 each. If the sale of the tickets brought in $2212, how many. Tickets were sold?

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2212 divided by 14 is he equation
The answer is 158
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Answer:

158 tickets would be sold.

Explanation:

Since,


\text{Number of tickets}=\frac{\text{Total cost of tickets}}{\text{Cost of each ticket}}

We have,

Total cost of tickets = $ 2212,

Cost each ticket = $ 14,

Hence,


\text{Number of tickets that are sold}=(2212)/(14)=158

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