<span>To remove any negative sign in front of a number, and to think of all numbers as positive (or zero). Example: |5|=5</span>
Rotations move lines to lines, rays to rays, segments<span> to</span>segments<span>, </span>angles<span> to </span>angles, and parallel lines to parallel lines, similar to translations and reflections. Rotations preservelengths<span> of </span>segments<span> and degrees of measures of </span>angles<span>similar to translations and reflections.</span>
Ok so basically, the number of student tickets is 3x, where x=the number of adult tickets sold. And we know that s(for student tickets)+x=480 total tickets sold. So if we replace s with 3x we have 3x+x=480, or 4x=480. We divide by 4 and get x=120, which is the amount of adult tickets sold.
