A total of 252 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?

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Topmadworld Topmadworld · Answer 1 · 2017-09-04T05:52:31+02:00

Let the number of tickets be x,
Students= 2x
Adults= x
Total=3x
3x=252
x= 252/3
=84
Thus, number of adult tickets sold is 84

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smecloudbird18 smecloudbird18 · Answer 2 · 2022-06-13T08:35:39+02:00

The number of adult ticket sold are 28.

"a piece of paper or card that shows you have paid for a journey, or that allows you to enter a theatre, cinema, etc."

Let, the number of student ticket be x

Let, the number of adult ticket be y

So, [tex]x = 2y[/tex]

And Given,

Total number of tickets are 252

So, [tex]x+y = 252[/tex]

[tex]2y + y = 252\\3y = 252 \\y = 28[/tex]

Hence, the adult tickets sold are 28.

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