SOLUTION: A zoo ticket for an adult cost twice the price of a child's ticket. A senior ticket is $2 less than the price of an adult's ticket. If the williams family spends $34 on tickets for

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Question 812007: A zoo ticket for an adult cost twice the price of a child's ticket. A senior ticket is $2 less than the price of an adult's ticket. If the williams family spends $34 on tickets for two adults, six children, and one senior, what is the cost of a child's ticket?
Answer by richwmiller(17219)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a=2c,
s=a-2,
2a+6c+s=34
a = 6, c = 3, s = 4

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