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9.2 Exercise 15

Avg difficulty 2.5

At the movie theater, the total value of tickets sold was $2,612.50.\$\text{2},\text{612}.\text{50} . Adult tickets sold for $10\$\text{10} each and senior/child tickets sold for $7.50\$\text{7}.\text{50} each. The number of senior/child tickets sold was 2525 less than twice the number of adult tickets sold. How many senior/child tickets and how many adult tickets were sold?

OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, 9.2 Solve Money Applications, exercise 15

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