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Algebra practice question
Adult tickets cost $2 each and child tickets cost $3 each. A family spent exactly $12 and bought no adult tickets. How many child tickets did the family buy?
Answer: 4
2(0) + 3c = 12 gives c = 4.
Common wrong answers
- If you answered 2
- 2 is the adult price.
- If you answered 6
- 6 divides 12 by 2, the adult price.
- If you answered 12
- 12 is the total spent.
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