Question

A total of 228 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

152

Explanation:

Let x be the number of children tickets sold

2x+x=228

combine like terms

3x=228

x=76

adult tickets is two times the amount of x

2x=152