Lea's school is selling tickets for the upcoming choral performance. On the first day of ticket sales, the school sold 10 adult tickets and 10 child tickets for a total of $200. On the second day, the school sold 13 adult tickets and 2 child tickets for a total of $172 dollars. How much did each child ticket cost?

Lea's school is selling tickets for the upcoming choral performance. On the first day of ticket sales, the school sold 10 adult tickets and 10 child tickets for a total of $200. On the second day, the school sold 13 adult tickets and 2 child tickets for a total of $172 dollars. How much did each child ticket cost?

Algebra for College Students

10th Edition

ISBN:9781285195780

Author:Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen L. Schwitters

Publisher:Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen L. Schwitters

Chapter1: Basic Concepts And Properties

Section1.2: Operations With Real Numbers

Problem 101PS

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