Brenda's school is selling tickets to a spring musical. On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 1 child tickets for a total of $38. The school took in $52 on the second

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Potter asked Oct 13, 2022

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Brenda's school is selling tickets to a spring musical. On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 1 child tickets for a total of $38. The school took in $52 on the second day by selling 3 senior citizen tickets and 2 child tickets. What is the price each of one senior citizen ticket ?

Senior citizen ticket: $

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The answer should be $12.
Explanation:
52 - 38 = 16.
(16 is the price of a ticket for a child)
28 - 16 = 24
24 / 2 = 12

Drop answered Oct 19, 2022

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