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Ron and kathy are ticket sellers at their class play. ron handles student tickets that sell for $2.00 each, and kathy handles adult tickets that sell for $4.50 each. if their total income for 364 tickets
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Ron and kathy are ticket sellers at their class play. ron handles student tickets that sell for $2.00 each, and kathy handles adult tickets that sell for $4.50 each. if their total income for 364 tickets was $1,175.50, how many tickets did ron sell?

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185 tickets

You can get this by setting up a system of equations and solving by substitution.

x + y = 364 (number of tickets)
2x + 4.5y = 1175.50 (Cost)
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