SOLUTION: The cost of admission to a popular concert was $162 for 12 children and 3 adults.The admission was $122 for 8 children and 3 adults at another concert. Write a system of equations

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Question 1005609: The cost of admission to a popular concert was $162 for 12 children and 3 adults.The admission was $122 for 8 children and 3 adults at another concert. Write a system of equations and then solve it.


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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Same concert, or not the same concert? A set of concerts from the same performer/s at the same site?

x y children adults prices;



The system is perfectly ready for Elimination Method without making any special adjustments. Quickly solve for x. After that, use either equation to solve for y through substitution.

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