Problema Solution

A total of 410 people attended the school play. Adults tickets sold for $7 each and student tickets cost $3 each. If a total of $1650 was collected, how many of each type of ticket were sold?

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Let

a = the number of adult tickets sold

s = the number of student tickets sold

a + s = 410

7a + 3s = 1650

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a = 105 adult tickets

s = 305 student tickets

There were 105 adult and 305 student tickets sold.