Question

A total of 270 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?

Answer 1

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Answer:

90

Explanation:

Of each 3 tickets sold, 2 were student tickets and 1 was an adult ticket. Adult tickets were 1/3 of the tickets sold:

1/3 × 270 = 90 . . . . adult tickets sold