Three adult and three child movie tickets were purchased for $75. The cost of each child’s ticket is three dollars Less than the cost of an adult ticket the first step to solving this problem algebraically is to write an equation 3(x+x-3)=75 where x represents the cost of an adult ticket identify the next step which would simplify the equation before solving for the variable

Question

Three adult and three child movie tickets were purchased for $75. The cost of each child’s ticket is three dollars Less than the cost of an adult ticket the first step to solving this problem algebraically is to write an equation 3(x+x-3)=75 where x represents the cost of an adult ticket identify the next step which would simplify the equation before solving for the variable
Combine like terms in parentheses
Divide 75 by 3
Distribute values over the variables
Add 3 to 75

GPT 3.5 · Answer

The next step would be to distribute the values over the variables. This is because in the equation 3(x + x - 3) = 75, the expression inside the parentheses needs to be simplified by multiplying each term by the coefficient outside the parentheses.