SOLUTION: The school that Carlos goes to is selling tickets to a choral performance. On the first day of ticket
sales the school sold 14 senior citizen tickets and 6 student tickets for a t
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Question 1091818: The school that Carlos goes to is selling tickets to a choral performance. On the first day of ticket
sales the school sold 14 senior citizen tickets and 6 student tickets for a total of $180. The school
took in $117 on the second day by selling 12 senior citizen tickets and 1 student ticket. Find the
price of a senior citizen ticket and the price of a student ticket.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the price of a senior ticket
Let = the price of a student ticket
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(1)
(2)
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(1)
Multiply both sides of (2) by and
subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(1)
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and
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
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I get the same price for either senior or student
$9/ticket. Get another opinion if needed
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