Root 3 + 1/root 2 * root 3 minus 1/root 2

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Sara needs to take a taxi to get to the movies the taxi charges $4.00 for the first mile and then $2.75 for each mile after that if the total charge is $20.50 then how far was sara’s taxi ride to the movie

Galen sold tickets of his church’s carnival for a total of $2,820. children’s tickets cost $3 each and adult tickets cost $5 each. the number of children’s tickets sold was 30 more than 3 times the number of adult tickets slod. how many children’s ticket and how many adult tickets did he sell?