Question

The regular price of a child's entry ticket to a water park is $8 less than that for an adult's. The park offers half off of all entry tickets during the off-peak season. The Sandlers paid a total of $194 for 1 adult ticket and 4 child's tickets to the water park during the off-peak season. The following equation represents this situation, where x represents the regular price of an adult ticket.

194 = one-halfx + 2(x - 8)

What is the regular price of a child's ticket?

$68

$76

$84

$89

Answer 1

Adult ticket = x
Child ticket = x-8
if
194=0.5x+2(x-8)
Total = 1 adult (half price) + 4 kids(half price ie 2 kids)
they should have paid (peak time)
388 = x + 4(x-8)
388 = x + 4x -32
420=5x
x=84 (adult)

so child is x-8 = 84-8=?

Answer 2

76

Answer 3

yep!