Question

a total of 420 tickets were sold for the school play. they were either adult tickets or student tickets. the number of students tickets sold was two times the numberof adult tickets sold. how many adult tickets were sold?​

Answer 1

108 adult tickets sold.

Explanation:

To do this equation, we can set x equal to the number of adult tickets sold, and then set up the following equation:

x+3x=432

Since there are three times as many student tickets as adult tickets and the total is 432, you can just use all this information together to make an equation. From there, you can combine like terms to create this equation:

4x=432

After this, just divide both sides by 4 to reach the answer of:

x=108