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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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