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A total of 276 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adults tickets or student tickets. The number of student tickets sold was 2 times the number of adult tickets sold. How many adult tickets were sold

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276-adults and students
276 divided by 3 ( 1 part is the students and the 2 is the adults )= 92
92-adult tickets
92 times 2 = 184 -number of student tickets
To check: you add the numbers together and see if they add up 92+184=276
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