Question

A total of 333 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?

Answer 1

I meant
333-(x*2)

Answer 2

Work with ratios
Adult:student = 1 : 2
Adult : total = 1 : (1+2) = 1 : 3
If total is 333, what is adult?

Answer 3

laquisha

Answer 4

huh?

Answer 5

x=adult tickets
2x = student tickets
because there were twice as many student tickets sold as adult tickets. adult tickets plus student tickets = 333(total tickets.

Answer 6

is is 166.5?