Don runs a charity fruit sale, selling boxes of oranges for $\$ 11$ and boxes of grapefruit for $\$ 10$. If he sold a total of 762 boxes and took in $\$ 8125$ in all, then how many boxes of oranges did he sell?

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Let the number of boxes of oranges sold be $x$ and the number of boxes of grapefruit sold be $y$. We have two equations based on the given information: $x + y = 762$ (total boxes sold) and $11x + 10y = 8125$ (total revenue). Solving these equations simultaneously, we find that $x = 505$, meaning 505 boxes of oranges were sold.

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