Question

A total of 484 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. The

number of student tickets sold was three times the number of adult tickets sold. How many adult tickets were sold?

Answer 1

121 adult tickets

Explanation:

Out of every 4 tickets sold, 3 were student tickets and 1 was an adult ticket. That is, adult tickets were 1/4 of the number of tickets sold:

(1/4)(484) = 121

121 adult tickets were sold.

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363 student tickets were sold.