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A radio station had 152 tickets to a concert. They gave away 3 times as many tickets to listeners as to employees. How many tickets did they give away to employees?
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A radio station had 152 tickets to a concert. They gave away 3 times as many tickets to listeners as to employees. How many tickets did they give away to employees?

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Employees=e, listeners=3e
so, 3e+e=152
4e=152
e=152/4=38 tickets to employees, and 3(38)=114 tickets to listeners.
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152/4, since you have 4 parts to this equation, 3 parts of it goes to the listeners and 1 part to the employees. so your amount that you give to the employees are 38 tickets
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