the number of students is 150 more than adults, the student tickets are $3 and adult tickets are $5 the total sales was 4730 how many students attended

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im just looking for problem set up
number of adult -- x
number of students --- x+150

solve:

3x + 5(x+150) = 4730
685 students attended the fall play,
3x+(x-150)5=4730
3x+5x-750=4730
8x=5480
x=685