SOLUTION: The debate club members sold raffle tickets to raise money for T-shirts. They sold 3 times as many raffle tickets on the weekend as they did during the week. On the weekend, they

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Question 880965: The debate club members sold raffle tickets to raise money for T-shirts. They sold 3 times as many raffle tickets on the weekend as they did during the week. On the weekend, they sold 246 tickets. How many raffle tickets did they sell during the week?
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The debate club members sold raffle tickets to raise money for T-shirts. They sold 3 times as many raffle tickets on the weekend as they did during the week. On the weekend, they sold 246 tickets. How many raffle tickets did they sell during the week?
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let x=tickets sold during the week
3x=tickets sold on the weekend
3x=246
x=83
tickets sold during the week=83

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