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A school play sold 197 tickets: adult tickets at ₱150 and student tickets at ₱60. Total sales were ₱22,440. How many adult tickets were sold?
- 118
- 79
- 150
- 99
Answer
A. 118
Solution
Let x = adult: 150x + 60(197 − x) = 22440 → 90x = 10620 → x = 118.
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