Question

total of 393 tickets were sold for the school play. They were elther adult tickets or student tickets. The number of student tickets was two times the number of adult tickets sold. How many adult tickets were sold?

Answer 1

Answer: adult ticket = 131 , student ticket = 262

Explanation:

Let x be the number of student ticket
Let y be the number of adult ticket

x + y = 393

x = 2y

Substitute x value:

2y + y = 393
3y = 393
y = 131

Substitute y value in one of the equation above:

x = 2(131)
x = 262