Question

A total of 472 tickets were sold. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. The number of student tickets were 3 times tge number of adult tickets sold. How many adult tickets were sold?

Answer 1

adult tickets = 118

student tickets = 354

Explanation:

a = number of adult tickets

s = number of student tickets

a + s = 472

3a = s

substitute for s

a + 3a = 472

reduce

4a = 472

divide by 4

4a/4 = 472/4

a = 118

s = 354