Solve the problem.
-Ron and Kathy are ticket- sellers at their class play, Ron handling student tickets that sell for $\$ 1.00$ each and Kathy selling adult tickets for $\$ 3.50$ each. If their total income for 38 tickets was $\$ 83.00$, how many did Ron sell?
A) 18 tickets
B) 23 tickets
C) 22 tickets
D) 20 tickets

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Let x be the number of student tickets Ron sold, and y be the number of adult tickets Kathy sold. We have two equations: x + y = 38 and 1x + 3.5y = 83. Solving these, we find x = 20.

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