A total of 392 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?

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pfenn1 · Answer

If x is the number of adult tickets sold, then the number of students sold would be the total number of tickets sold minus the number of adult tickets sold or 392-x.The number of student tickets sold was three times the number of adult tickets sold . How would you write the equation for this last statement?

anonymous · Answer

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pfenn1 · Answer

The number of student tickets sold (392-x) was three times the number of adult tickets sold (x).  How would you write this equation?

anonymous · Answer

A way to write this answer would be percents, so if the number of students tickets was three times larger than the number of adult tickets we can write it as

392= 3x+ 1x, you just need to find the value of X.

anonymous · Answer

This is my own answer, I might be wrong, anyway, you might have to use division, so if 392 divided by 3 = ?, you minus that number by 4 in 392.

anonymous · Answer

whats the answer?

pfenn1 · Answer

You need to calculate it out yourself.

anonymous · Answer

aha! got it, so if the bnumber of student tickets was 3 timea larger then the adult tickets simply divide 392 into four parts, now, multiply that by 3, thats the number of student tickets, the remaining number is the adult tickets. or you could do it backgrounds bu subtracting from the whole 4/4 (392) by 1/4 of the part you got (?) if your confused ill give you the answer, this can be wrtitten as x=(392/4)- 392

anonymous · Answer

-294? that cant be right?

anonymous · Answer

thats the number of students

anonymous · Answer

and how did you get a negative?

anonymous · Answer

so adults is 98?

anonymous · Answer

yes, 392 divided by 4 is 83, 392 - 83 is the number of students, so yes, 83 is the number of adults

anonymous · Answer

isnt it 98? not 83..

anonymous · Answer

jinkings! you are right!

anonymous · Answer

sorry, so yes, adults = 98, sorry I made it so hard on you :{)

anonymous · Answer

lol its alright... thanks so much!!! ur awesome! :)

anonymous · Answer

well then. I'm glad I was of help.