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A total of 279 tickets were sold for the school play. they were either adult or student tickets. the number of student tickets sold was two times the number of adult tickets sold. how many adult tickets
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A total of 279 tickets were sold for the school play. they were either adult or student tickets. the number of student tickets sold was two times the number of adult tickets sold. how many adult tickets were sold?

User Francesco Mantovani
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s=2a

a+s=279, using a from above in this equation gives you:

a+2a=279 combine like terms on left side

3a=279 divide both sides by 3

a=93

So 93 adult tickets were sold.
User Kaspars Milbergs
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a + s = 279
s = 2a

a + 2a = 279
3a = 279
a = 279/3
a = 93 <=== adult

s = 2a
s = 2(93)
s = 186 ....students
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