Part 1 - A family of 4 comes to the amusement park. There are two adults and two children (under the age of 11). They qualify for a special family rate of $155.80. The clerk tells them that a child's ticket always costs $8 less than an adult's ticket. How much is each adult ticket and how much is each child's ticket?

Define your variables. You want to work things out so that you only have one variable in an equation. Hint: Let a = adult ticket price. In other words, you must be able to define the price of a child's ticket in terms of the adult ticket price.

Child's ticket price in the

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Part 1 - A family of 4 comes to the amusement park. There are two adults and two children (under the age of 11). They qualify for a special family rate of $155.80. The clerk tells them that a child's ticket always costs $8 less than an adult's ticket. How much is each adult ticket and how much is each child's ticket?
 
Define your variables. You want to work things out so that you only have one variable in an equation. Hint: Let a = adult ticket price. In other words, you must be able to define the price of a child's ticket in terms of the adult ticket price. 

Child's ticket price in the

mertsj · Answer

Let a = the cost of the adult ticket
Then a-8 is the cost of the child's ticket 
2a +2(a-8)=155.80

mertsj · Answer

Solve that equation and use the value of a to answer the question the problem asks.