SOLUTION: can you please help me solve this?
A total of 332 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. The number of student tickets sold wa
Algebra ->
Human-and-algebraic-language
-> SOLUTION: can you please help me solve this?
A total of 332 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. The number of student tickets sold wa
Log On
Question 472351: can you please help me solve this?
A total of 332 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?
please help! thank you! Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a = adult tickets
s = student tix
-----------------
a + s = 332
s = 3a
Sub for s
-----------
a + 3a = 332
4a = 332
a = 83
s = 249
