A total of 505 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. There were 55 more student tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-05T17:47:02

The number of adult tickets sold in the school play#color (magenta)(=225#

Total number of tickets#=505#

Let the number of adult tickets sold be x.

Number of student tickets#=x+55#

According to question,

#color(red)(x+x+55=505#

#2x+55=505#

#2x=505-55#

#2x=450#

#x=450/2#

#color (magenta)(x=225#

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