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Adult tickets cost 1.25 Child tickets cost 0.75p you sell 80 tickets for 7500p How many are adult tickets and how many are child tickets
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Adult tickets cost 1.25

Child tickets cost 0.75p
you sell 80 tickets for 7500p
How many are adult tickets and how many are child tickets

User Mark Fondy
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Let x = the number of adult tickets you sold.
Naturally, the number of child tickets you sold would be 80-x.
1.25x + 0.75(80-x) = 75
1.25x + 60 - 0.75x = 75
0.5 x = 15
x = 30
adult tickets = 30
child tickets = 80-30 = 50
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