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A total of 646 tickets were sold. They were either adult ticket or student tickets. There were 54 fewer student tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold?

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Answer:

350

Explanation:

Let the number of adult tickets be x, then the number of student tickets sold would be (x–54).

We now have

x+(x–54)=646

2x=700

x=350

Therefore, 350 adult tickets were sold.

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