SOLUTION: I took a math assessment and had difficulty solving the following problem: "Diana and James were selling tickets for their upcoming softball game. James sold 20% more than Di

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Question 1182803: I took a math assessment and had difficulty solving the following problem:
"Diana and James were selling tickets for their upcoming softball game. James sold 20% more than Diana. If they sold 55 tickets total, how many tickets did each of them sell?"
I do not know the steps to solve this problem.

My email address is docmaine@yahoo.com
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, MathTherapy:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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given:
Diana and James were selling tickets for their upcoming softball game.
James sold 20%=0.20 more than Diana.
if Diana sold x tickets, than James sold x%2B0.20x tickets
If they sold 55 tickets total, then
x%2Bx%2B0.20x=55
2.20x=55
x=55%2F2.20
x=25
so, Diana sold 25 tickets
and James sold x%2B0.20x=25%2B0.20%2A25=25%2B5=30 tickets

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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I took a math assessment and had difficulty solving the following problem:
"Diana and James were selling tickets for their upcoming softball game. James sold 20% more than Diana. If they sold 55 tickets total, how many tickets did each of them sell?"
I do not know the steps to solve this problem.

My email address is docmaine@yahoo.com
Let number that Diana sold be D

Then James sold 1.2D

With both selling 55, we get: D + 1.2D = 55

                                  2.2D = 55

              Number Diana sold, or highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C5%2C+D%2C+%22=%22%2C+55%2F2.2%2C%22=%22%2C+25%29%29

              Number James sold: