Mr Ong paid a total of $26 for five adult and three child tickets. If a child ticket was
12 of the price of an adult ticket, what was the price of an adult ticket?
| |
Child ticket |
Adult ticket |
Total |
| Number |
3 |
5 |
|
| Value |
1 u |
2 u |
|
| Total value |
3 u |
10 u |
13 u |
Price of 1 child ticket = 1 u
Price of 3 child tickets = 3 x 1 u = 3 u
Price of 1 adult ticket = 2 u
Price of 5 adult tickets = 5 x 2 u = 10 u
Total cost of the tickets
= 3 u + 10 u
= 13 u
13 u = 26
1 u = 26 ÷ 13 = 2
Price of an adult ticket
= 2 u
= 2 x 2
= $4
Answer(s): $4
