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 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-half x + 2(x − 8)

What is the regular price of a child's ticket? (5 points)

$68

$76

$84

$89

Answer 1

194 = (1/2)x + 2(x − 8) where x is the price of an adult's ticket

since a child's ticket is just 8 less than the adult ticket, the child's ticket is x - 8

so simply solve the equation for x, then subtract 8 to get the child's ticket price

Answer 2

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