Question

559 tickets were sold 59 more student tickets were sold than adult tickets how many adult tickets were sold

Answer 1

Let s = number of student tickets and a = number of adult tichets;
We have the equation: s + a = 559 and s = 59 + a;
Then, we solve the equation: 59 + a + a = 559;
59 + 2a = 559;
2a = 500;
a = 500/2;
a = 250;
s = 59 + 250;
s = 309;