A total of 444 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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Jaylene Gallegos

Mathematics

20 October, 10:22

A total of 444 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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Tara Hardin · Answer 1

Tara Hardin 20 October, 10:46

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333 and 111

111*3=333

111+333=444

Alonso Cantrell · Answer 2

First make an equation

444=x+y

3x=y

(X=adult tickets, y=student tickets)

So then fill in y from the second equation into the first

So

444=x+3x

So x=444/4

So x=111

Y=444-111=333

Lets verify

3*111=333

So answer 111 tickets