a) the school theatre production collected $1300 from the sale of 450 total tickets of type A and type B . The price of type A ticket was $2.50 and of type B was $3.50. How many tickets of type A and type B sold?   b     Three cases of white wine and 5 cases of red wine cost $438. Each case of the red wine sold for $6 less than twice a case of white wine. What was the price of a case of red wine and a case of white wine?

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a) the school theatre production collected $1300 from the sale of 450 total tickets of type A and type B . The price of type A ticket was $2.50 and of type B was $3.50. How many tickets of type A and type B sold?

 

b     Three cases of white wine and 5 cases of red wine cost $438. Each case of the red wine sold for $6 less than twice a case of white wine. What was the price of a case of red wine and a case of white wine?

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