The price for an adult carnival ticket is 6.5 more than a carnival ticket for a child. Bob takes his son to the carnival. He buys cotton candy for $10.25, and spends $55. Write and solve a linear equation to find the prices for each of their carnival tickets.

Answer 1

a = c+6.50
a+c+10.25 = 55.00

Now just solve for a and c.

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Answer 2

Son's ticket: $X.
Bob's ticket: (x+6.5).

x + (x+6.5) + 10.25 = 55.
2x + 16.75 = 55,
2x = 38.25,
X = $19.13.

(x+6.5) = 19.13 + 6.5 = $25.63.