Tickets for 2 adults and 4 children at a theme park cost £152. An adult ticket costs twice as much as a child ticket.

Write and solve an equation to work out the price of an adult ticket

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the price of an adult ticket.

Then 0.5x is the price of a child ticket.

We have 2x + 4(0.5x) = £152, therefore 4x = £152 and x = £38.

Hence the price of an adult ticket is £38.

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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