Question 302015
Please help:  A total of 507 tickets were sold for the school play.  There were 57 more student tickets sold than adult tickets.  How many tickets were sold?  Thank you in advance.

Let the adult tickets sold be x

student tickets sold will be x+57

x+(x+57) = 507

2x=507-57

2x= 450

x= 225 that is the number of adult tickets sold

balance 282 will be student tickets