SOLUTION: Twelve students and six adults will be on the trip the total cost for the tickets will be $216 each adult ticket cost $3 more than each student ticket how much is each student tick

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Question 695419: Twelve students and six adults will be on the trip the total cost for the tickets will be $216 each adult ticket cost $3 more than each student ticket how much is each student tickets? Explain you answer.
I did 12+6=18 18/216=12 12x6=72 9x12=108 108+72=180....I also tried 18x6=108 12x15=180 180+108=288 plus many others just can't seem to get the answer helllllp this is my daughter 4th grade homework
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Let represent the cost of a student ticket. Then the cost of an adult ticket is . The cost of all the student tickets is then and the cost of all the adult tickets is , and finally:



Solve for

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