SOLUTION: At a movie theater, the ratio of tickets sold for adults and children was 2 to 3. If 177 children tickets were sold, how many adult tickets were sold?
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Question 548313: At a movie theater, the ratio of tickets sold for adults and children was 2 to 3. If 177 children tickets were sold, how many adult tickets were sold?
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At a movie theater, the ratio of tickets sold for adults and children was 2 to 3. If 177 children tickets were sold, how many adult tickets were sold?
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177/3 = 59
59*2 = 118 adult tix
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