A theme park charges different prices for adult and child tickets. Jackson wants to buy 16 adult tickets and 20 child tickets. But he has enough money to buy only 12 adult tickets or 18 child tickets. He needs $202.80 more to buy the remaining tickets.
a) how much does a child ticket cost?
b)how much does Jackson have?
Source: Meridien Primary
John Lim
BigDevil
Wanted to buy: 16A + 20C
Scenario 1
After buying 12A, he needed $202.80 to buy another 4A + 20C
4A + 20C = 202.80
Multiply by 4: 16A + 80C = 811.20 (1)
Scenario 2
After buying 18C, he needed $202.80 to buy another 16A + 2C
16A + 2C = 202.80 (2)
(1) – (2) : 78C = 608.40
1C = 7.80
(a) Cost of child ticket -> $7.80
(b) Amount of money Jackson has -> 18 × 7.80 = $140.40
(because he only has enough money to buy 18 child tickets)
