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the theater sells two types of tickets: adult tickets for $6 and child tickets for 5$. last night, the theatre sold a total of 375 tickets for a total of $2153. How many adult tickets did the theatre sell

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Hello,

Imagine Algebra does not exist .

Let's suppose all tickets are children's tickets

The sum should be 5$*375=1875$

Not enough, we must have $2153: 2153-1875=278 ($) must be found.

Let's replace a children ticket with an adult one,

we get one dollar more.

We must thus exchange 278 tickets

There are 278 adult tickets and 375-278=97 children tickets

Proof: 278*6+97*5=2153

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