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The movie theater took in $\$ 1,220$ one Monday night. The number of $\$ 7$ child tickets was ten more than twice the number of $\$ 9$ adult tickets. How many of each were sold?
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We know that the total income from the tickets is $1220, so we can write the equation: \[7y + 9x = 1220\] Show more…
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