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A school sells student tickets for 3 dollars and adult tickets for 5 dollars.

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A school sells student tickets for $3$ dollars and adult tickets for $5$ dollars. It takes $60$ dollars in all. Let $x$ be the number of student tickets and $y$ the number of adult tickets.

Write an equation for $x$ and $y$ .

List all the solutions in which $x$ and $y$ are whole numbers, $0$ or more. How many are there?

Need a reminder? The key ideaShow

A linear equation in two variables, $ax + by + c = 0$ , has infinitely many solutions $(x, y)$ . To test a pair, put it in the equation and compare the two sides.

The worked solution

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