SOLUTION: The circus is coming to town. Sue is selling tickets. The first day she sold 4 senior citizen tickets and 2 children's tickets for a total of $80. The second day she received $145
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Question 983390: The circus is coming to town. Sue is selling tickets. The first day she sold 4 senior citizen tickets and 2 children's tickets for a total of $80. The second day she received $145 for 5 senior citizen tickets and 7 children's tickets. What is the price of a child's ticket and a senior citizen ticket?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, child price
y, senior price
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Cost and revenue mean the same for purposes of the question (this one; not any in general).
Day 1
which simplified becomes .
Day 2
The system to solve:
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y=15
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