Problema Solution

The school that stefan goes to is selling tickets to a choral performance. On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 1 child ticket for a total of $38. The school took in $52 on the second day by selling 3 senior citizen tickets and 2 child tickets. %ind the price of a senior citizen ticket and the price of a child ticket

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a senior citizen ticket: x

a child ticket: y

The equation is

3x +y = 38

3x + 2y = 52

So

x = 8

y = 14

So

a senior citizen ticket: $8

a child ticket: $14