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The first performance of the school play sold out for all 2000 tickets. The tickets sales receipts totaled$8500. If adults paid $5 and students paid $3 for their tickets, how many of each kind of ticket
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The first performance of the school play sold out for all 2000 tickets. The tickets sales receipts totaled$8500. If adults paid $5 and students paid $3 for their tickets, how many of each kind of ticket was sold?

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a+s=2000
5a+3s=8500
a=-s+2000
-5s+10000+3s=8500
-2s=-1500
s=750
a=1250
They sold 750 student tickets and 1,250 adult tickets
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