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Your school band is performing a concert. Tickets cost $3 for students and $5 for adults. A total of 125 people attended the concert for a total ticket sales of $475. Write and solve a system of equations to find the number of students and adults that attended the concert. Make sure to write your answer in a complete sentence.

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Given :

Tickets cost $3 for students and $5 for adults.

A total of 125 people attended the concert for a total ticket sales of $475.

To Find :

The number of students and adults that attended the concert.

Solution :

Let, number of students and adults that attended the concert is x and y.

Mathematical equation of given conditions :

x + y = 125 ....1)

3x + 5y = 425 ....2)

Putting value of x from 1 to equation 2 is :

3( 125 - y ) + 5y = 425

375 - 3y + 5y = 425

2y = 50

y = 25

x = 125 - 25

x = 100

Therefore, number of students and adults that attended the concert is 100 ans 25 respectively.

Hence, this is the required solution.

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