On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 10 child tickets for a

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    On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 10 child tickets for a total of $82. The school took in $67 on the second day by selling 8 senior citizen tickets And 5 child tickets. What is the price of each ticket?

    Let the number of child tickets be c
    Let the number of senior citizen tickets be s

    We're given two equations:
    1. 10c + 3s = 82
    2. 5c + 8s = 67
    We have a system of simultaneous equations. We can solve it using any one of 3 ways:
    No matter what method we choose, we get:
    • c = 7
    • s = 4
     

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