Adult tickets for the school play cost $5 and student tickets cost $3. Thirty more student tickets were sold than adult tickets. If $1770 was collected, how many of each type of ticket was sold?
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Let \( x \) represent the number of adult tickets sold. Since thirty more student tickets were sold than adult tickets, the number of student tickets sold can be represented as \( x + 30 \). Show more…
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