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A school play sold 118 tickets: adult tickets at ₱200 and student tickets at ₱60. Total sales were ₱18,000. How many adult tickets were sold?
- 40
- 78
- 90
- 59
Answer
B. 78
Solution
Let x = adult: 200x + 60(118 − x) = 18000 → 140x = 10920 → x = 78.
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