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4.4 Exercise 20

Avg difficulty 2.5

The community college fine arts department sold three kinds of tickets to its latest dance presentation. The adult tickets sold for $20, the student tickets for $12 and the child tickets for $10.The fine arts department was thrilled to have sold 350 tickets and brought in $4,650 in one night. The number of child tickets sold is the same as the number of adult tickets sold. How many of each type did the department sell?

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