SOLUTION: A total of 330 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. The number of student tickets sold was two times the number of adult ticke

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Question 747721: A total of 330 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. The number of student tickets sold was two times the number of adult tickets sold . How many adult tickets were sold?
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A total of 330 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. The number of student tickets sold was two times the number of adult tickets sold . How many adult tickets were sold?
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let x=number of adult tickets sold
330-x=number of student tickets sold
330-x=2x
3x=330
x=110
number of adult tickets sold=110