Stacey is selling tickets to the school play. The tickets are $8 for adults and $3 for children. She sells twice as many adult tickets as children's tickets and brings in a total of $456. How many of each kind of ticket did she sell?

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi there!

She sells twice as many as adult tickets so

2x for adult tickets

x for children tickets

2x. 8$ = 16$. x

x. 3$ = 3$x

Total 19$x

456$ = 19$x

x = 76

76 tickets for children

152 tickets for adults

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Wolfiex