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A total of 85 children and adults go to the local fair on Monday. A child's ticket costs

$3.00 each and an adult's ticket costs $5.00 each. The fair collected $325.00 on
Monday. How many adults and children went to the fair on Monday? Use c for child
and a for adult.

User Sean Ryan
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50 c $3 tickets and 35 a $5 tickets.
User Fletcher Johns
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250 $3 tickets and 100 $2 tickets were sold.

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