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9.2 Exercise 43

Avg difficulty 2.5

Parent Volunteer As the treasurer of her daughter's Girl Scout troop, Laney collected money for some girls and adults to go to a 3-day\text{3}-\text{day} camp. Each girl paid $75\$\text{75} and each adult paid $30.\$\text{30} . The total amount of money collected for camp was $765.\$\text{765} . If the number of girls is three times the number of adults, how many girls and how many adults paid for camp?

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