SOLUTION: A total of 584 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. There were 66 fewer student tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult
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Question 710089: A total of 584 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. There were 66 fewer student tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold?
Answer by sachi(548) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A total of 584 tickets were sold for the school play
There were 66 fewer student tickets sold than adult tickets
let there were x adults
then there were x-66 students
so x+x-66=584
or 2x=584+66=650
or x=650/2=325
so there were 325 adults
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