A family of 5 comes to the amusement park. There are two adults and three children (under the age of 12). They qualify for a special family rate of $174.45. The clerk tells them that a child's ticket always costs $11 less than an adult's ticket. How much is each adult ticket and how much is each child's ticket?

Define your variables. What is a variable you can use to represent the adult cost?
A variable to represent adult cost in the family plan: __________.

Write an expression to represent the cost of the child's ticket in terms of the adult ticket.

Question

A family of 5 comes to the amusement park. There are two adults and three children (under the age of 12). They qualify for a special family rate of $174.45. The clerk tells them that a child's ticket always costs $11 less than an adult's ticket. How much is each adult ticket and how much is each child's ticket?

Define your variables. What is a variable you can use to represent the adult cost?
A variable to represent adult cost in the family plan: __________.

Write an expression to represent the cost of the child's ticket in terms of the adult ticket.

anonymous · Answer

Remember the child's ticket is $11 less than the adult's ticket. Please be sure to use the same variable that you used above for the adult cost when writing this expression.

An expression to represent the cost of a child's ticket in the family plan: _____________.

compassionate · Answer

Give me a second.

anonymous · Answer

okay :)

compassionate · Answer

A + C = 1174.45 
C = 11 - A 

Can you do the next step?

anonymous · Answer

yes thank you

anonymous · Answer

i gotta get going though so i can try the rest :) thank you:)

compassionate · Answer

Give it a shot and let me know if you're having trouble. I can assist you further.

compassionate · Answer

What do you think will work substitution or elimination?