SOLUTION: The school that scott goes to is selling tickets to the annual talent show. On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 10 adult tickets and 8 child tickets for a total of $24

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Question 1026909: The school that scott goes to is selling tickets to the annual talent show. On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 10 adult tickets and 8 child tickets for a total of $246. The next day the school took in $102 by selling 2 adult tickets and 6 child tickets. Whats the price of an adult ticket, and the price of a childs ticket

Answer by jorel555(1290)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be adult tickets, y be child's tickets;
10x+8y=246
2x+6y=102;
10x+30y=510
10x+8y=246
22y=264
y=12;x=15
adult tickets are $15 each, children's are $12!!!!!!!!

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