SOLUTION: A total of 436 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 tic

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Question 854792: A total of 436 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
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Hi,

Let x represent the number of adult tickets ⇒ 3x is the number of student tickets 

Question States***total of 436  tickets 

  x + 3x = 436

   4x = 436

    x = 109, the number of adult tickets