Question

Olivia purchased x child tickets and y adult tickets at the movies. She spent a total of $46. The equation below describes the relationship between the number of child tickets and the number of adult tickets purchased. The ordered pair (4, 2) is the solution to the equation. What does the solution (4, 2) represent?

Answer 1

Let

x---------> the number of child tickets

y--------> the number of adult tickets

we know that

the equation that describes the relationship between the number of child tickets and the number of adult tickets is a linear equation

If the point
`(4,2)` is the solution

then

the number of child tickets is
`4`

the number of adult tickets is
`2`

therefore

the answer is

the solution
`(4,2)` represent that

the number of child tickets is
`4`

the number of adult tickets is
`2`