A total of 553 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. There were 53 more stud

Question

3 years ago

5

ent tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold?

2 answers:

larisa [96] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-06T07:10:24+03:00

8 0

Answer:

250

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x = the number of adult tickets sold

Let x + 53= the number of student tickets sold

x + x + 53 = 553

2x = 500

x = 250

2x + 53 = 553

Murljashka [212] · Answer 2 · 2022-07-06T09:24:12+03:00

3 0

Answer:

x + x + 53 = 553

2x = 553 - 53

2x = 500

Divide both sides by 2

X = 250

250 adult tickets were sold

Step-by-step explanation: