Question

A school play sells adult and child tickets. On Friday they sold 55 child tickets and 20 adult tickets for $200. On Saturday they sold 72 child tickets and 36 adult tickets for $306. What is the cost of a child ticket?

Answer 1

Answer:

$2

Step-by-step explanation:

Let, price of individual child ticket is $x, and price of individual adult ticket is $y.

Now, on Friday we can write an equation is 55x+20y=200....(1).

and on Saturday we can write an equation is 72x+36y=306.....(2).

so, Equation 1: 55x+20y=200

 

Equation 2: 72x+36y=306

now, we are going to solve both equations.

after solving you will find x=2 and y=4.5

Hence, we can say that the cost of child ticket is $2, and the cost of adult ticket is $4.50.