Question

The circus is coming to town. Cindy is selling tickets. The first day she sold 8 adult tickets and 5 children tickets for a total of 177.50 in sales. The second day she received $255.00 for 12 adult tickets and 6 children tickets.

Answer 1

let the price of adult ticket and children ticket be a and c respectively
8a+5c=177.50 -> 24a+15c=532.5
12a+6c=255.00 -> 24a+12c=510

24a+15c-24a-12c=532.5-510
3c=22.5
c=7.5
a=17.5