SOLUTION: A total of 356 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 1146764: A total of 356 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 ikleyn(52887) About Me  (Show Source):
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With the number of adult tickets "x" and the number of student tickets 3x you have this equation


    x + 3x = 356,


    4x     = 356


     x     = 356/4 = 89.


It gives you the ANSWER :  The number of adult tickets was 89.