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Adult tickets to a basketball game cost $5. Student tickets cost $1. A total of $2,260 was collected on the sale of 1,060 tickets. How many of each type of ticket were sold?
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Adult tickets to a basketball game cost $5. Student tickets cost $1. A total of $2,260 was collected on the sale of 1,060 tickets. How many of each type of ticket were sold?

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A = number of adult tickets
S = number of student tickets
1033 = total tickets sold
A + S = 1033

5(A) = money collected for adult tickets
S(1) = money collected for student tickets
2265 = total money collected
5(A) + S(1) = 2265

two equations and two unknowns:
5A + S = 2265
A + S = 1033

subtract 2nd equation from 1st and solve for A:
4(A) = 1232
Divide 1232 by 4 and
A = 308

Plug in value for A in 1st equation and solve for S:
A + S = 1033
308 + S = 1033
S = 725

725 student tickets and 308 adult tickets were sold
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