SOLUTION: total of 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

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Question 569921: total of 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 mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let the number of adult tickets sold be x
then number of student tickets sold is 3x
Total tickets sold = 3x+x=4x tickets