Totsakan's school is selling tickets to a play. On the first day of ticket sales, the school sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 8 child tickets for a total of $103. The school took in $170 on the second day by selling 12 senior citizen tickets and 10 child tickets. What is the price each of one senior citizen ticket and one child ticket?

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skullpatrol · Answer

any ideas?

anonymous · Answer

@skullpatrol can you tell me how to start it?

skullpatrol · Answer

cost = number of items X price per item

skullpatrol · Answer

what unknown numbers are being asked for?

anonymous · Answer

they want to know the price of one senior ticket and one child

skullpatrol · Answer

so what are you going to call those unknowns?

anonymous · Answer

does it matter?

skullpatrol · Answer

you should use a name such as x and y

anonymous · Answer

I was gonna say that yeah, x can be senior tickets and y can be childs then

skullpatrol · Answer

Let x = the price of one senior ticket

skullpatrol · Answer

now what?

anonymous · Answer

um well on the first day 3 senior tickets were sold and 8 childs for $103.

anonymous · Answer

how can I figure out how much the tickets were?

skullpatrol · Answer

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