Problema Solution
Adult ticketto a basketball game cost $5. Student tickets cost $1. A total of $2,874 was collected on the sale of $1,246 tickets. How many of each type of ticket were sold ?
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Let
x = the number of adult tickets
y = the number of student tickets
x + y = 1246
5x + y = 2874
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x = 407 adult tickets
y = 839 student tickets
There were 407 adult and 839 student tickets sold.