Question

A total of 484 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. There were 66 fewer student tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold?

Answer 1

total tickets=484
let the adult tickets be x
therefore student tickets =x - 66
equation = x - 66 + x =484 
2x = 484+66
2x =550
x =550/2
x =275 
therefore 275 adult tickets were sold

Answer 2

LET THE STUDENT TICKETS BE x
THEN,
            ADULT TICKETS = x+66
            TOTAL TICKETS =  STUDENT TICKETS + ADULT TICKETS
                                  484 = (x)+(x+66)
                                  484 = x+x+66
                                  484 = 2x+66
                             484-66 = 2x
                                 418  = 2x
                               418/2 = x
                                  209 = x
STUDENT TICKETS = x = 209
ADULT TICKETS      = x+66 = 209+66 = 275