Question

The Gonzales family has three children. On summer break, they went to an amusement park. They bought 3 child tickets for $18.50 and 2 adult tickets. If they spent a total of $104.50, how much was the price of EACH adult ticket?
Remember money is rounded to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

Answer:

$24.50

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we know that 3 child tickets are $18.50 each, let's find out the total price of the child tickets.

18.50 x 3 = $55.50

Since we don't know the cost of each of the adult tickets, let's call it x.

Now let's make an equation!

55.50 + 2x = 104.50

Now we have to isolate x in order to find out the price of each adult ticket.

Let's subtract 55.50 on both sides

2x = 49

Now let's divide 2 on both sides.

x = $24.50

So the price of an adult ticket is $24.50

CHECK:    

55.50 times 2 (24.50) = 104.50

Answer 2

Answer:

Your answer will be $$24.50$

Step-by-step explanation:

Since for $3$ children tickets cost $$18.50$ we will have to multiply $$18.50$ by 3.

$3$ x $$18.50$ = $$55.50$

Now that we completed this step let's continue to the next part.

Since, we don't know the price of the adult tickets will will call it $x$ for now.

This time we will be using $2x$ to solve this equation.

$2x$ refers to x is "twice a number"

$$55.50+2x=$ $$104.50$

Now we should subtract $$55.50$ on both of the sides.

We will result in getting $2x=49.$

Our next step will be to divide $2$ on both of the sides.

We will result in getting $x=$ $$24.50$

Therefore, the price of the adult tickets is $24.50 each.