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There was a total of $548 dollars collected for tickets to the school play. The adult ticket cost $6 and the student ticket cost $4. If 12 more student tickets were sold than ad…

There was a total of $548 dollars collected for tickets to the school play. The adult ticket cost $6 and the student ticket cost $4. If 12 more student tickets were sold than ad…
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There was a total of $548 dollars collected for tickets to the school play. The adult ticket cost $6 and the student ticket cost $4. If 12 more student tickets were sold than adult tickets, find the number of adult and student tickets sold.

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6A + 4S = 548
s = 12 + A

Substitute
6A + 4(12 + A) = 548
6A + 48 + 4A = 548
10A = 500
A = 50
S = 62

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