Question

16.) The school that Lisa goes to is selling tickets to the annual talent show. On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 4 adult tickets and 5 student tickets for a total of $102. The school took in $126 on the second day by selling 7 adult tickets and 5 student tickets. What is the price of the adult and the student ticket?

Answer 1

adult tickets are $8 and student tickets are $14

Explanation:

to find the price of adult and student tickets, first look at all the given values:

a = adult tickets

s = student tickets

so: 4a + 5s = 102

and : 7a + 5s = 126

since in both equations the number of student tickets are the same, we have to find the difference of value to determine how much adult tickets are:

126-102 = 24

there are 3 more adult tickets in the equation with a total of 126, therefore:

24 / 3 = 8

that means each adult ticket is work 8 dollars.

now substitute this value:

4(8) + 5s = 102

32 + 5s = 102

you can solve this by concluding that 102- 32 is 70

that means 5(s) has to equal 70

so 70 / 5 = s

70/5 = 14

so the value of s = 14 and the value of a = 8