A total of 511 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. There were 61 more student tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold?

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Answer:

255

Step-by-step explanation:

EXPLANATION We are looking for the number of adult tickets sold. number of adult tickets sold =x We are given that there were 61 more student tickets sold than adult tickets. number of student tickets sold =+x61 The total number of tickets sold was 511.