"A local water park charges $18 per kid and $25 per adult for all-day admission. On its best day of the summer, the park sold 8 times as many kid tickets as adult tickets. The park brought in a staggering total of $58,056 in ticket sales that day."

A student used the following system of equations to model the situation given above. Which statement about the system of equations the student used is true?

Question

"A local water park charges $18 per kid and $25 per adult for all-day admission. On its best day of the summer, the park sold 8 times as many kid tickets as adult tickets. The park brought in a staggering total of $58,056 in ticket sales that day."

A student used the following system of equations to model the situation given above. Which statement about the system of equations the student used is true?

anonymous · Answer

$$8a-k=0$$
$$20a+18k=58,056$$

anonymous · Answer

A.
The system of equations the student used is correct.
B.
The top equation in the system is incorrect.
C.
The bottom equation in the system is incorrect.
D.
Both equations in the system are incorrect.