Question

Two movie tickets and 3 snacks are $24. Three movies tickets and 4 snacks are $35. How much is a movie ticket and how much is a snack.

Answer 1

Answer: A movie ticket is $9 while a snack is $2

Step-by-step explanation: We shall let a movie ticket be m while a snack is s. So, from the clues given, if two movie tickets and three snacks cost $24, we can write it as the following expression;

2m + 3s = 24

Also if three movie tickets and four snacks cost $35, we can as well write another expression as follows;

3m + 4s = 35.

Now we have a pair of simultaneous equations which are

2m + 3s = 24 ----------(1)

3m + 4s = 35 ----------(2)

We shall solve this by using the elimination method, since none of the variables has a coefficient of 1. We'll start by multiplying equation (1) by 3 and multiplying equation (2) by 2 (so as to eliminate the m variable)

2m + 3s = 24 -------- x3

3m + 4s = 35 ---------x2

We now arrive at the following

6m + 9s = 72--------(3)

6m + 8s = 70--------(4)

Subtract equation (4) from equation (3) and we arrive at

s = 2

Having determined that s equals 2 we can now substitute for the value of a into equation (1)

2m + 3s = 24

2m + 3(2) = 24

2m + 6 = 24

Subtract 6 from both sides of the equation

2m + 6 - 6 = 24 - 6

2m = 18

Divide both sides of the equation by 2

m= 9

Therefore one movie ticket costs $9 while one snack costs $2