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A total of 231 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. The number of student tickets sold was two times the number of adult tickets sold. How many adult
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A total of 231 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. The number of student tickets sold was two times the number of adult tickets sold. How many adult tickets were sold?

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well if there are 231 tickets, then divide 231 by three, that will equal 77, so if you see what i am doing,i am diving all tickets by 3 so that the students get 2/3 and the adults get the pther 1/3. so the answer is 77. 
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