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A theater received $8,917 in ticket sales for one performance of a play.Tickets For preferred seats cost $45 each and regular seats cost $34 each.All of the theater's 75 preferred seats were sold out that evening.How many tickets were sold?Please Help

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N=45*75=3375 cost of the tickets to preferred seats.
M=8,917-3375=5542 cost of the tickets to regular seats
K=5542/34=163 tickets to regular seats were sold
F=163+75=238 tickets were sold
That evening 238 tickets were sold
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