Problema Solution
The theater group sold adult and student tickets for the play. They sold a total of 560 tickets. Each adult ticket was $8 and each student ticket was $3.50. The group took in a total of $3166. How many of each type of ticket were sold for the play?
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Let
a = the number of adult tickets sold
s = the number of student tickets sold
a + s = 560
8a + 3.50s = 3166
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a = 268 adult tickets
s = 292 student tickets
There were 268 adult and 292 student tickets sold for the play.