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A total of 449 tickets were sold for the school play. they were either adult tickets or student tickets. there were 51 fewer student tickets sold than adult tickets. how many adult tickets were sold?

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<p>assume adult amount is X,

so student amount is x-51,

we can get x+x-51=449,

so x=250, so 250 adult tickets sold.</p>
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