SOLUTION: The School that Paul goes to is selling tickets to a fall musical. On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 12 adult and 2 child tickets for a total of $164. The school too

Question 1023082: The School that Paul goes to is selling tickets to a fall musical. On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 12 adult and 2 child tickets for a total of $164. The school took in $134 on the second day by selling 6 adult and 14 children tickets. Find the price of an adult ticket and the price of a child ticket?
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, josmiceli:
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Solve the 2X2 system for , the number of adult tickets, and , the number of child tickets.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the price of an adult ticket
Let = the price of a child's ticket
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(1)
(2)
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(1)
Subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(1)
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and
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
An adult ticket costs $13
A child's ticket costs $4
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