SOLUTION: A total of 364 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 tick

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Question 1085422: A total of 364 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?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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Adult tickets=x
Student tickets=3x
They sum to 364
4x=364
x=91 adult tickets and
3x=273 student tickets