A theater said a total of 98 adult and senior tickets said for $8. Adult tickets sold for $12 each and senior tickets sold for $8, bringing in a total of $1,072. How many adult tickets were sold
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72
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TOTAL NUMBER OF TICKETS SOLD=98
ADULT TICKET PRICE =$12
SENIOR TICKET PRICE =$8
TOTAL COLLECTION =$1072
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LET THE NUMBER OF ADULDS BOUGHT TICKET BE X
THE NUMBER OF SENIOR BOUGHT TICKET =Y
12X+8Y=1072.............................................................(1)
SENIOR TICKERS SOLD + ADULT TICKETS SOLD=TOTAL TICKETS
X+Y=98........................................................................(2)
BY SOLVING (1) AND (2)
WE GET X= 72
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