Question

a total of 582 tickets were sold for the school play. they were with adult tickets or student tickets. there were 68 fewer student tickets sold than adult tickets. how many adult tickets were sold

Answer 1

Answer:

$257$ adult tickets

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the total sold adult ticket.

Given:

Total 582 tickets were sold.

There were 68 fewer student tickets sold than adult tickets

Then there were $x-68$ students.

So, The total sold ticket equation is

$x+(x-68)=582$

$2x-68=582$

$2x=582-68$

$x=\frac{514}{2}$

$x=257$

Therefore, 257 adult tickets were sold