Question

For her class, Mrs. Norman bought 31 student tickets and 32 adult tickets, which cost a total of $854. Mr. Horton spent $837, getting 31 student tickets and 31 adult tickets. What is the price for each type of ticket?

Answer 1

Each student ticket costs $10, and each adult ticket costs $17.

Explanation:

Let s represent the cost of a student ticket and a represent the cost of an adult ticket.

31s + 32a = 854

31s + 31a = 837

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a = 17

31s + 31(17) = 837

31s + 527 = 837

31s = 310, so s = 10