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A movie theater sold 125 tickets for a a movie. A children’s ticket costs $6 and an adult ticket costs $12. If the theater sold $1,170 worth of tickets, how many adult tickets were sold?(1 point)
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Let a = number of adult tickets, c = number of children’s tickets.

a + c = 125
12a + 6c = 1170 → divide by 6 → 2a + c = 195

Subtract the first equation from the second: a = 195 - 125 = 70.

Answer: 70 adult tickets.