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The school production cats was a big success for opening night 419 tickets were sold while students paid?

1.50 each, non students paid 3.50 each. If the total was 952.50 was collected. How many students and nonstudents attended?

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1. Let x = student tickets (419 - x) = non-student tickets 1.5x + 3.5(419 - x) = 952.5 1.5x + 1466.5 - 3.5x = 952.5 -2x = -514 x = 257 419 - 257 = 162 So, there were 257 student tickets sold and 162 non-student tickets sold.