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the not the play took in $728 one night. the number of $adult tickets was 14 less than twice the number of $5 child tickets. ​

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Answer:

Let's call the number of $5 child tickets sold "x".

According to the problem, the number of $adult tickets was 14 less than twice the number of child tickets, so the number of $adult tickets sold can be represented as 2x - 14.

The total revenue from ticket sales was $728, so we can set up an equation:

5x + 20(2x - 14) = 728

Expanding the second term on the left side of the equation:

5x + 40x - 280 = 728

Combining like terms:

45x = 1008

Dividing both sides of the equation by 45:

x = 22.4

So the number of child tickets sold was 22 and the number of adult tickets sold was 2 * 22 - 14 = 36.

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