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Answer:
6 children
Step-by-step explanation:
If all of the group were adults, the total cost of tickets would be 8×$10 = $80. The actual cost was $80 -62 = $18 less than that. Since each children's ticket saves $3 off the cost of an adult ticket, there were $18/$3 = 6 children's tickets.
There were 6 children in the group.
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If you want an equation, you can let c represent the number of children. Then the cost of tickets is ...
8(10 -c) +5c = 62 . . . . 10-c is the number of adults
-3c = -18 . . . . . . . subtract 80
c = -18/-3 = 6 . . . divide by 3
Since you are working with exponents and roots you would add the exponents together. The ninth root of x is equal to x^(1/9) and since you are using it four times your answer would be x^(4/9).
5x + 18y = 23
x + 3y = 2 .....multiply by -5
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5x + 18y = 23
-5x - 15y = -10 (result of multiplying by -5)
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3y = 13 <=== the resulting equation
