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Miguel is selling tickets to a barbecue. Adult tickets cost $7.00 and children's tickets cost $4.00. He sells five more children's tickets than adult tickets. The total amount of money he collects is $218.00. How many adult tickets and how many children's tickets did he sell?

adult tickets
children's tickets

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218= 7x + 4(x+5)
x=18
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