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11 September, 03:34

A total of 487 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. There were 63 fewer student tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold?

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  1. 11 September, 03:45
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    S=a-63

    s+a=487, using s from above in this equation you get:

    a-63+a=487 combining like terms

    2a-63=487 adding 63 to both sides

    2a=550 dividing both sides by 2

    a=275

    So there were 275 adult tickets sold.
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