Problema Solution

The city zoo has different admission prices for adults and children. When three adults and two children went to the zoo, the bill was $78.25. If two adults and three children got in for $73.85, then what is the price of an adult's ticket and what is the price of a child's ticket?

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Let no. of adults be x and no. of children be y.

Then,

3x+2y=78.25

2x+3y=73.85

or,  x=17.41, y=13.01