A total of 408 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?

Respuesta :

Let 2x=student tickets
Let x=adult tickets
2x+x=408
3x=408
x=136
2x=272

Number of student tickets sold:272
Number of adult tickets sold:136