Question

The school that Ted goes to is selling tickets to a choral performance. On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 7 adult tickets and 8 child tickets for a total of $168. The school took in $294 on the second day by selling 14 adult tickets and 13 child tickets. Find the price of an adult ticket AND the price of a child ticket.

Answer 1

Adult= $24

child= $21

Explanation:

first let's create an equation for each one.

Day 1: 7x+8y=168

day 2: 14x+13y=294

By doing so we can either graph and get the points for x,y or we can substitute each (x=0) (y=0) and solve manually.

x-int.= (24,0)

y-int.=(0,21)