The drama club sold 480 tickets to a play. If twice as many child tickets as adult tickets were sold, find the number of adult tickets sold for the play.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Given information ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total tickets sold = 480 twice as many child tickets as adult tickets
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Define the child tickets and adult tickets ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let the number of adult tickets sold be x adult tickets = x child tickets = 2x
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form the equation and solve for x ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- x + 2x = 480 3x = 480 x = 480 ÷ 3 x = 160
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Answer: The number of adult tickets sold is 160 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------