SOLUTION: A total of 237 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 ticket

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Question 759872: A total of 237 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?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) About Me  (Show Source):
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Adult tickets = x
Student tickets = 2x
x + 2x = 237
3x = 237
x = 79.
Therefore 79 adult tickets and
158 student tickets sold.
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