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Mrs. Jay took her family

and friends to the movies.
There were a total of 16
people. Children tickets
cost $6 and adult tickets
cost $9. She spent a total
of $129. How many adults
went the movies?

User Cctan
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The first thing you have to do is guess. Suppose there was 3 adults and 13 kids. That would be $78 for kids and $27 for adults, but thats only 105. So we guess again. Theres 11 adults and 5 kids. That would be $30 for kids and $99. Thosee together would be $129. So there were 11 adults that went to the movie.

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