Question

CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE? Jen Butler has been pricing​ Speed-Pass train fares for a group trip to New York. Three adults and four children must pay $106. Two adults and three children must pay $75. Find the price of the​ adult's ticket and the price of a​ child's ticket.

Answer 1

Answer:

The adult ticket costs $18 and the children ticket costs $13.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the price of the adult ticket be a.

Let the price of the children ticket be c.

Three adults and four children must pay $106. This implies that:

3a + 4c = 106 _______(1)

Two adults and three children must pay $75. This implies that:

2a + 3c = 75 ________(2)

We have two simultaneous equations:

3a + 4c = 106 _____(1)

2a + 3c = 75 ______(2)

Multiply (1) by 2 and (2) by 3 and subtract (1) from (2):

  6a + 9c = 225

- (6a + 8c = 212)

             c = $13

Put this value of c in (2):

2a + 3*13 = 75

2a + 39 = 75

=> 2a = 75 - 39

2a = 36

a = 36/2 = $18

Therefore, the adult ticket costs $18 and the children ticket costs $13.