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Concepts

A student solves a ticket-sales system and finds $a = 7$ ,
$c = 5$ . They write " $a = 7$ , $c = 5$ " as their final answer to
the word problem. Is this a complete answer?

No — the answer should be interpreted in context, e.g., "7 adult tickets and 5 child tickets were sold."

Yes — once the numeric values are found, no further interpretation is needed.

No — the values themselves are incorrect and need to be recalculated.

Yes, as long as the variable letters ( $a$ , $c$ ) are shown alongside the numbers.