document.write( "Question 368396: Devon purchaseed tickets to an air show for 4 adults and 2 children. The total cost was $92. The cost of a child's ticket was $8 less than the cost of an adult's ticket. Find the price of an adult's ticket and a child's ticket.\r
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document.write( "Let x represent the cost of the child's ticket.  
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document.write( "then (x+$8) would be the adult's cost of a ticket
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document.write( "2x + 4(x+$8) =$92
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document.write( "6x + 32 = $92
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document.write( "6x = $60
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document.write( "x = $10, child's ticket cost.  The Adult ticket $18 ($10+$8)
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document.write( "checking our answer
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document.write( "$20 + $72 = $92 \n" );
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