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There is a local production of The Sound of Music and tickets cost $7 per adult and $5 per student. If they sell a total of 130 tickets and make $756, how many of each type of ticket did they sell?

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They sold 77 student tickets and 53 adult tickets

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130x5=650

756-650=106

106/2=53

130-53=77

77=student tickets

53=adult tickets

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