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tickets for a school play sold for $7.50 for each adult and $3.00 for each child. the total receipts for 118 tickets totaled $696. find the number of adult tickets sold

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There would be 76 Adults and 40 children.
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$7.50x76 = $570
$3.00x42= $126
$126+$570 = $696

There were 76 adult tickets sold
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