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Some History teachers at Dayton High School are purchasing tickets for students and their adult chaperones to go on a field trip to a nearby museum. For her class, Mrs. Gruber bought 25 student tickets and 28 adult tickets, which cost a total of $984. Mr. Ellison spent $900, getting 25 student tickets and 25 adult tickets. What is the price for each type of ticket?

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Answer:

Student Ticket: $8

Adult $28

Explanation:

To find out the price of each ticket create 2 equations, then solve for x & y

x = student tickets

y = adult tickets

25x + 28y = 984

25x + 25y = 900

To do this first put x on one side of the equation

25x = 900 - 25y

x = 36 - y

Now substitute this equation in x for the first equation

25(36 - y) + 28y = 984

Now distribute 25 in 36 - y, 900 - 25y + 28y = 984

After this combine like term, then subtract 900 from each side, 3y = 84

Then divide 3 on each side, y = 28

Lastly substitute 28 for y in any equation to solve for x, x = 8

x & y are the price of each ticket

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