SOLUTION: The school that Josiah goes to is selling tickets to a choral performance. On the first day of ticket sales, the school sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 1 child ticket for a total

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Question 1201369: The school that Josiah goes to is selling tickets to a choral performance. On the first day of ticket sales, the school sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 1 child ticket for a total of $38. The school took in $52 on the second day by selling 3 senior citizen tickets and 2 child tickets. Find the price of a senior citizen ticket and the price of a child ticket.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Main goal is recognize what kind of problem this is:
Two linear data points, two-variable.

x, child price
y, sr. citz price


Solve for x and y.
(HINT: Subtract first equation from second equation...)

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