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A school drama department sells 40 more student tickets than adult tickets. Charging $8 for adult tickets and $6 for student tickets, they raise a total of $1,920 in ticket sales. Let x represent the number of adult tickets sold and y represent the number of student tickets sold. Which system of equations can be used to find how many of each ticket is sold?

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8x+6y=1920
Y=40+x

8x+6(40+x)=1920
Solve for x
X=120

Y=40+120=160
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answer is D

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