Problema Solution
A total of
433
tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. There were
67
fewer student tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold?
Answer provided by our tutors
let 'a' represent the number of adult tickets
let 'a-67' represent the number of student tickets
433 = a + a-67
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solving for the number of adult tickets
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a = 250
250 adult tickets were sold