SOLUTION: The circus is coming. Cindy is selling tickets. she sold 8 adults tickets and 5 children's tickets for a total of $177.50 in sales. The second day she received $255.00 for 12 adult
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Question 1098838: The circus is coming. Cindy is selling tickets. she sold 8 adults tickets and 5 children's tickets for a total of $177.50 in sales. The second day she received $255.00 for 12 adult tickets and 6 children tickets. What is the price of a child's ticket? What is the price of an adult ticket?
Write two algebraic equations that model this circus ticket scenario.
Show how you solved the problem by using elimination method, the substitution method, or the graphical method.
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let a and c be adult tickets and children's tickets, respectively. Then:
8a+5c=177.50
12a+6c=255.00
24a+15c=532.50
24a+12c=510.00
3c=22.50
c=7.50
Then solve for a
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