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Which system of equations can be used to solve the following problem? Each child ticket for a ride costs $3, while each adult ticket costs $5. If the ride collected a total of $150, and 40 tickets were sold, how many of each type of ticket were sold? Let c be the number of child tickets and a be the number of adult tickets.

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astudillosammy8
ummm im not that good with math but i think it is 
3x – y = 4 
2x + y = 6 
add 
5x = 10 
x = 2 
y = 6 – 2x = 6 – 4 = 2 

check 
3x – y = 4 
2x + y = 6 
3•2 – 2 = 4 ok 
2•2 + 2 = 6 ok

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