OpenStax, Prealgebra 2e §9.2 Solve Money Applications · Exercise 15 · Algebra · Algebra word problems

Solve Money Applications · Exercise 15

Solve the ticket and stamp word problems.

The play took in $\$ \text{550} $one night. The number of \$ 8 adult tickets was $10$ less than twice the number of $\$ \text{5}$ child tickets. How many of each ticket were sold?

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OpenStax, Prealgebra 2e · §9.2 Solve Money Applications · Exercise 15

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