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Algebra practice question
Two adult tickets and one child ticket cost $7 altogether. A child ticket costs $1. What is the cost of one adult ticket, in dollars?
Answer: 3
2a + 1 = 7 gives 2a = 6, so a = 3.
Common wrong answers
- If you answered 4
- 4 adds 1 instead of subtracting it.
- If you answered 6
- 6 is the cost of both adult tickets.
- If you answered 3.5
- 3.5 halves 7 without removing the child ticket first.
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