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A theater company charges $8.50 per ticket for people of all age groups. If c represents the total number of children who bought tickets and a represents the total number of adults who bought tickets, which expression best represents the total money earned by the company from the sale of tickets? 8.5(c + a) 8.5c + a c + 8.5a 17(c + a)

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8.5(c + a) since the cost the same for everyone, you just need to multiply it by the amount of total people
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