A total of 285 tickets were sold for the school play. they were either adult tickets or student tickets. the number of student t

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taurus [48]

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A total of 285 tickets were sold for the school play. they were either adult tickets or student tickets. the number of student t

ickets sold was two times the number of adult tickets sold. how many adult tickets were sold?

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Assoli18 [71] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-12T05:16:27+03:00

Assoli18 [71]3 years ago

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Lets say the number of adult tickets is x. This means the number of student tickets is 2x. So, 2x + x = 285, or 3x =285. The means x = 95. So the number of adult tickets sold is 95.