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Word problem: A High School had a musical in which students ($5 tickets) and adults ($7 tickets) attended. If a total of 47 tickets were sold and they made a total of $269. How many student tickets were sold and how many adult tickets were sold?

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Answer:

30 of them were students

17 were adults

Explanation:

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if they were all adults

7 x 47 = 329

329 - 269 = 60

60/ (7-5) = 30

30 of them were students

17 were adults

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