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At the city museum, child admission is $5.20 and adult admission is $9.40. On Thursday, 139 tickets were sold for a total sales of $1071.40. How many adult tickets were sold that day?
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let
a = the number of adult tickets sold
c = the number of child tickets sold
139 tickets were sold for a total sales of $1071.40
a + c = 139
5.20a + 9.40c = 1071.40
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a = 56 adult tickets
c = 83 child tickets
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there were 56 adult tickets sold that day.