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i need the an expression using the variable
Elena is selling tickets for an amusement park. She sells three times as many student tickets as adult tickets and she sells 8 more senior tickets than adult tickets. Write an expression using the variable ​a​ for the number of adult tickets that shows the total number of adult tickets, student tickets, and senior tickets sold.

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Answer:

5a + 8

Explanation:

Let us say, adult tickets = a, student tickets = s, senior tickets = o, and total tickets sold is t.

s=3a

a + 8 = o

s + a + o

Substitute

3a + a + a + 8

Combine like terms

5a + 8

Hope this helps :)

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