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Reagan's school is selling tickets to a spring musical. On the first day of ticket sales, the school sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 9 child tickets for a total of $75. 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?
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VerifiedLet be the price of each senior ticket and be the price of each child ticket.
On the first day, they sold 3 senior tickets so they earned dollars for the senior tickets. They sold 9 child tickets so they earned dollars for the senior tickets. The total amount they earned was then dollars. Since they earned $75 on the first day, then . Dividing both sides by 3 then gives .
On the second day, they sold 8 senior tickets so they earned dollars for the senior tickets. They sold 5 child tickets so they earned dollars for the senior tickets. The total amount they earned was then dollars. Since they earned $67 on the second day, then .
Since the first equation can be easily solved for , use the substitution method to solve the system of equations. Solving for gives .
Substitute into the second equation and solve for :
The price of each child ticket is then and the price of each senior ticket is .
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