Question

The regular price of a child's entry ticket to a water park is $6 less than that for an adult's. The park offers half off all entry tickets during the off-peak season. The Sandlers paid a total of $78 for 1 adult ticket and 2 child's tickets to the water park during the off-peak season. The following equation represents this situation, where x represents the regular price of an adult ticket: 78 = 1/2x + (x − 6) What is the regular price of a child's ticket? $50 $56 $75 $81

Answer 1

Distribute +1
78=1/2x+x-6
combine like terms
1=(2/2)
(1/2)+(2/2)= 3/2
78=3/2x-6
Add 6 to both sides
84=3/2x
Divide by (3/2)
x=$56=adult ticket
Child ticket = x-6=56-6=$50
$50