SOLUTION: For a special event at the TCR spring fest, the cost of 3 adult tickets and 4 student tickets was $84 and the cost of 4 adult tickets and 2 student tickets was $62. find the admiss

Question 596151: For a special event at the TCR spring fest, the cost of 3 adult tickets and 4 student tickets was $84 and the cost of 4 adult tickets and 2 student tickets was $62. find the admission price for an adult ticket and for a student ticket at the spring fest.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the cost of an adult ticket
Let = the cost of a student ticket
given:
(1)
(2)
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Multiply both sides of (2) by
and subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(1)

and, since
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
An adult ticket is $8
A student ticket is $15
check:
(1)
(1)
(1)
OK
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