Mr and mrs smith buy tickets for themselves and their children the cost of an adult ticket is 6 pounds more than the cost of a childs ticket the total cost of the six tickets is ? 40.50 work out the cost of an adult ticket

Cost of adult ticket is $10.75.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Total cost of the six tickets = $40.50

Number of adults = 2

Number of children = 4

Let the cost of child's ticket be x

Let the cost of adult's ticket be y

So, According to question,

Put the value of Eq(1) in Eq(2), we get

So, The cost of child's ticket is $4.75

Hence, the cost of adult's ticket will be

Therefore, Cost of adult ticket is $10.75.