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A radio station had 155 tickets to a concert. They gave away 4 times as many tickets to listeners as to employees. How many tickets did they give away to employees?
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A radio station had 155 tickets to a concert. They gave away 4 times as many tickets to listeners as to employees. How many tickets did they give away to employees?

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4(employees) = listeners
listeners + employees = 155
plug the first equation into the second, substituting 4(employees) for listeners, so
4(employees) + employees = 155.
5(employees) = 155
employees = 31
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