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One family spends 131 on 2 adult tickets and 4 youth tickets at an amusement park. Another family spends 139 on 4 adult and 2 youth tickets at the same park

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Answer:the price of one adult ticket is $24.5

the price of one youth ticket is $20.5

Explanation:

Let x represent the price of one adult ticket.

Let y represent the price of one youth ticket.

One family spends $131 on 2 adult tickets and 4 youth tickets at an amusement park. This means that

2x + 4y = 131 - - - - - - - - - -1

Another family spends $139 on 4 adult and 2 youth tickets at the same park. This means that

4x + 2y = 139 - - - - - - - - - - -2

Multiplying equation 1 by 4 and equation 2 by 2, it becomes

8x + 16y = 524

8x + 4y = 278

Subtracting

12y = 246

y = 246/12 = 20.5

Substituting y = 20.5 into equation 1, it becomes

2x + 4×20.5 = 131

2x + 82 = 131

2x = 131 - 82 = 49

x = 49/2 = 24.5

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