Problema Solution

The number of students attending the fall play was 150 more than the number of adults attending. Students tickets are $3, and adult tickets cost $5. A total of $4730 was collected.. how many students attended the play?

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Let

s = the number of students attending

a = the number of adults attending

s = 150 + a

3s + 5a = 4730

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s = 535 students

a = 685 adults

535 students  attended the play.