A total of 408 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. The number of student t

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kotegsom [21]

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A total of 408 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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Lisa [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-04T06:40:53+03:00

Lisa [10]4 years ago

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Ok..So.. we will make this notation adult tickets= x and student tickets=y. It says that the number of student tickets was 2 times the number of adult tickets, so.. y=2x. x+y=408 (the total number)=> x+2x=408. 3x=408 => x=408/3 => x=136. (the number of adult tickets)