Question

A total of 544 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

Answer: 136 adult tickets

Step-by-step explanation: If you have 136 adult tickets then you have to multiply that by three in order to get the child tickets. 136 x 3 = 408 and 408 + 136 = 54

Answer 2

x=136

Explanation:

So lets say x is the number of pencils so, the number of erasers = 544-x

The equation is then 3x = 544-x & x=136