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3.3 Exercise 15

Avg difficulty 2.5

At the movie theater, the total value of tickets sold was $2,612.50. Adult tickets sold for $10 each and senior/child tickets sold for $7.50 each. The number of senior/child tickets sold was 25 less than twice the number of adult tickets sold. How many senior/child tickets and how many adult tickets were sold?

OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e, 3.3 Solve Mixture Applications, exercise 15

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