Question

three adult and three child movie tickets were purchased for $75 the cost of each child ticket is $3 less than the cost of an adult ticket identify the first step if solving this problem arithmetically which would fine the cost of one child ticket

Answer 1

Let c = the cost of one child ticket. Then an adult ticket costs c + 3. Set up the equation for the total:
3(c + 3) + 3c = 75.