SOLUTION: Sharon went to the movies with her parents. TOgether their tickets costs 23.00 dollars. Adult tickets are $ 2.00 more than children. How much is a child ticket. How much is a adult

Algebra.Com
Question 680061: Sharon went to the movies with her parents. TOgether their tickets costs 23.00 dollars. Adult tickets are $ 2.00 more than children. How much is a child ticket. How much is a adult ticket, and what are the two equations; using substituion method?
Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
c + 2a = 23
a = c+2
...
c + 2(c+2) = 23
c + 2c + 4 = 23
3c = 23 - 4
c = for child's ticket
...
a = 6.33 + 2 = for adult's ticket
..............................
Delighted to help; feel free to email directly at HomeworkHelpers@ReadingBoosters.com.
-Reading Boosters
Website: www.MyHomeworkAnswers.com

RELATED QUESTIONS

the johnson family and the gonzalez family went to the movies together. the johnson... (answered by addingup)
I need your help with this word problem: Gary sold tickets to the school football game.... (answered by Boreal,josgarithmetic)
There are 120 people who attend a concert. Each adult ticket costs $3.50. Each child... (answered by mananth,josgarithmetic)
76 people attend a concert. Each adult ticket costs $4.00. Each child ticket costs $3.50. (answered by josgarithmetic,greenestamps)
The admission prices for the Coca-Cola Museum in Atlanta are shown. A family purchased 2... (answered by josgarithmetic)
Jack and Jill are trying to figure out how much each movie ticket costs. Jack knows that... (answered by stanbon,josgarithmetic)
Tristan and two of his friends purchased tickets to a school play. Tristan paid for all... (answered by solver91311)
A family buys tickets to a film. The tickets cost $64 for 2 adults and 4 children. An... (answered by Stengo46)
adult tickets cost $2 more than student tickets. 100 students and 200 adults =$850.... (answered by MathLover1)