Question

A total of 402 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

Answer:

134

Step-by-step explanation:

x+2x=402

2x+x+3x so then it would be

3x=402 then divide 3x and 402 by 3

you will get x=134

to check the answer you can do 134 +263 and that =402

you would add 134 to268 because 263 is double 134

Hope it helps

Answer 2

Answer:

adults tickets =134

Step-by-step explanation:

take adults to be [s], if students were twice adults then

students = 2s

s + 2s =402

3s = 402

s = 402/3

s = 134 [adults]

2s = 2[134]

students = 268