SOLUTION: Mr.Williams is buying tickets for the school musical.Adult tickets cost $3.00 more than student tickets.He buys 7 student tickets and 6 adult tickets,and spends a total of $83.00.W

Question 1148941: Mr.Williams is buying tickets for the school musical.Adult tickets cost $3.00 more than student tickets.He buys 7 student tickets and 6 adult tickets,and spends a total of $83.00.What is the price of one adult ticket?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the cost of a student ticket
Let = the cost of an adult ticket
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One adult ticket costs $8
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Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Mr.Williams is buying tickets for the school musical.Adult tickets cost $3.00 more than student tickets.He buys 7 student tickets and 6 adult tickets,and spends a total of $83.00.What is the price of one adult ticket?

Let price of an adult's ticket be A
Then price of a student's ticket is: A - 3
We then get: 6A + 7(A - 3) = 83
6A + 7A - 21 = 83
13A = 104
A, or cost of an adult's ticket =
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