Question

three adult and three child movie tickets were purchased for $75. the cost of each child ticket is $3 less than the cost of an adult ticket. identify the first step if solving this problem arithmetically, which would find the cost of one adult and one child ticket. (1 point)

subtract 6 from 75.

add 3 to 75.

divide 75 by 3.

divide 75 by 6.

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze total tickets

There are 3 adult and 3 child tickets, so 6 tickets in total costing $75.

Step2: Determine first - step operation

To find the cost of one adult and one child ticket, we need to consider the total cost for one - set of an adult and a child ticket out of the total cost for all 6 tickets. So we divide the total cost of $75 by the total number of pairs (which is 3 since there are 3 adult - child pairs in 3 adult and 3 child tickets).

Answer:

C. Divide 75 by 3.