Question

The school that Carlos goes to is selling tickets to the annual talent show. On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 4 senior citizen tickets and 1 child ticket for a total of $45. The school took in $190 on the second day by selling 12 citizen tickets and 14 child tickets. Find the price of a senior citizen ticket and the price of a child ticket.

Answer 1

The price for both senior and child tickets are $9 each

Explanation:

Since your just trying to find the price for senior citizen and child tickets, we'll use the equation for the first day:

4x + x = $45

5x = $45

x = 9

now plug it for 4x and x

4(9) = $36 <<divide $36 by 4 == $9

$9 for each child ticket