Answer:
$8.00
Explanation:
The problem statement gives two relations between the prices of two kinds of tickets. These can be used to write a system of equations for the ticket prices.
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setup
Let 'a' and 'c' represent the prices of adult and children's tickets, respectively. The given relations can be expressed as ...
a - c = 1.50 . . . . . . . adult tickets are $1.50 more
175a +325c = 3512.5 . . . . . total revenue from ticket sales.
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solution
We are only interested in the price of an adult ticket, so we can eliminate c to give one equation we can solve for 'a'. Using the first equation, an expression for c is ...
c = a -1.50
Substituting that into the second equation, we have ...
175a +325(a -1.50) = 3512.50
500a -487.50 = 3512.50 . . . . . . simplify
500a = 4000 . . . . . . add 487.50
a = 8 . . . . . . . . . divide by 500
An adult ticket costs $8.