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A school play sold 144 tickets: adult tickets at ₱200 and student tickets at ₱80. Total sales were ₱20,640. How many adult tickets were sold?
- 68
- 76
- 103
- 72
Answer
B. 76
Solution
Let x = adult: 200x + 80(144 − x) = 20640 → 120x = 9120 → x = 76.
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