A total of 348 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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anonymous · Answer

Let Student tickets be S,
Let Adult tickets be A.
S = 2A
total S+A = 348
       (2A) +A =348
      3A = 348
devide both sides by 3...
       A = 116
    now S = 2 * 116 
      S = 232