Question

A total of 450 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or students tickets. There were 50 fewer students tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold?

Answer 1

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Answer:

  250

Step-by-step explanation:

Let 'a' represent the number of adult tickets sold. Then a-50 is the number of student tickets sold. The total number is ...

  a + (a -50) = 450

  2a = 500 . . . .simplify, add 50

  a = 250 . . . . . divide by 2

250 adult tickets were sold.