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A school play sold 267 tickets: adult tickets at ₱200 and student tickets at ₱80. Total sales were ₱37,200. How many adult tickets were sold?
- 135
- 186
- 132
- 134
Answer
C. 132
Solution
Let x = adult: 200x + 80(267 − x) = 37200 → 120x = 15840 → x = 132.
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