A total of 332 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?
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Let the number of adults tickets sold were x
Then, number of students tickets sold were 3x
So, according to question
x + 3x = 332
4x = 332
x = 332/4
x = 83
Hence, 83 adult tickets were sold