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.