The regular price of a child's entry ticket to a water park is $9 less than that for an adult's. The park offers half off all en
try tickets during the off-peak season. The Sandlers paid a total of $132 for 1 adult ticket and 4 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: 132 = 1/2x + 2(x − 9)
I split it into parts. The small rectangle sticking out is 2x3 which is a 6 and the big rectangle 4x8 which is 32. The triangle is 8x2/2 which is 8. 6+32+8 = 46