Question

A school play sold 575 tickets total They were either adult or student tickets there were 75 fewer student tickets sold than adult tickets how many adult tickets were sold

Answer 1

325 adult tickets

Explanation:

Let adult tickets be x, student tickets are 75 less than adult tickets, so let student tickets be x-75

The total is 575

x+x-75 = 575

2x = 650

x = 325 adult tickets