SOLUTION: Jack brought his wife and 4 kids to a local town picnic.
The tickets cost 14 dollars.
Bill brought his wife and 6 kids and his tickets cost 23 dollars.
How much do the adult
Question 481920: Jack brought his wife and 4 kids to a local town picnic.
The tickets cost 14 dollars.
Bill brought his wife and 6 kids and his tickets cost 23 dollars.
How much do the adult tickets cost? How much do the kid tickets cost?
I would have guessed that kids tickets would have been $4.50 a piece since there was a 9 dollar difference between the two families. But 4.50 was not one of the answers. Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! I think there is something wrong with
this problem. It might have been misprinted
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Let = cost of a kid's ticket
Let = cost of an adult's ticket
given:
For Jack:
(1)
For Bill,
(2)
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(1)
(1)
and
(2)
(2)
Therefore:
Multiply both sides by
So, the Adults get paid $2 each to go to the picnic. Such a deal!
