document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=235058>Question 235058</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A total of 308 tickets were sold for the school play. The number of student tickets sold was three times the number of adult tickets sold . How many adult tickets were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "s + a = 308<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 3a<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"s\" and solve for \"a\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3a+a = 308<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4a = 308<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 77 (# of adult tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since s = 3a, s = 3*77 = 231 (# Of students tickets sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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