Three adult and three child movie tickets were purchased for $75. The cost of each child ticket is three dollars less than the cost of an adult ticket. Identify the first step in solving this problem arithmetically which would find the cost of one adult and one ticket.

Add 3 to 75
Divide 75 by 3
Divide 75 by 6
Subtract six from 75

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10 months ago

The first step in solving this problem arithmetically would be to let x represent the cost of one adult ticket.