Question

A total of 584 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets
The number of student tickets sold was three times the number of adult tickets sold. How many adult tickets were sold

Answer 1

so lets divide the amount of tickets by 4 because there are 4 parts needed in this situation which equals 146 then we know our answer is 146 because the other three parts go to the kids tickets

Answer 2

146 adult tickets were sold.
write out your equation first: x+3x=584
4x=584
x=146
Try it out 146+3(146)=584
It worked. That's the solution.