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adult tickets to a basketball game cost $5. student tickets cost $1. a total of $2,874 was collected on the sale of 1,246 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 $2,874 was collected on the sale of 1,246 tickets. How many of each type of ticket were sold?

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{x+y=1246
{x+5y=2874

4y=1628
y=407
x=1246-407=839
There are 407 adult tickets were sold
There are 839 student tickets were sold.
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