Question

A total of 716 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. There were 66 more student tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold?

Answer 1

325

Explanation:

Let the number of adult tickets sold be x

Therefore, number of students tickets sold = x + 66

Since,

Number of adult tickets + number of student tickets = 716

Therefore,

x + x + 66 = 716

2x + 66 = 716

2x = 716 - 66

2x = 650

x = 650/2

x = 325

Hence, 325 adult tickets were sold.