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Stacey is selling tickets to the school play. the tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for children. she sells twice as many adult tickets as children's tickets and brings in a…

Stacey is selling tickets to the school play. the tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for children. she sells twice as many adult tickets as children's tickets and brings in a…
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Stacey is selling tickets to the school play. the tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for children. she sells twice as many adult tickets as children's tickets and brings in a total of $360. how many of each kind of ticket did she sell?

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suppose she sells x children's tickets, the number of adult tickets is 2x
cost of adult tickets: 6*2x =12x
cost of children's tickets: 3*x
total is 360: 12x+3x=360
15x=360
x=24
24 children's tickets and 48 adult tickets
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