A local water park charges $18 per kid and $25 per adult for all-day admission. On its best day of the summer, the
park sold 8 times as many kid tickets as adult tickets. The park brought in a staggering total of $58,056 in ticket sales
that day."
A student used the following system of equations to model the situation given above. Which statement about the
system of equations the student used is true?
(8a-k=0
20a + 18k = 58,056

Tyler went to the supermarket to buy food for a food pantry. he has $36, and can carry up to 20 pounds of food in his backpack. pasta costs $1 for a 1-pound package. pasta sauce costs $3 for a 1.5 pound jar. let x = the number of packages of pasta and y = the number of jars of pasta sauce. one package of pasta is the right amount to go with one jar of pasta sauce. what is the best numbers of packages of pasta and jars of pasta sauce to buy for the food pantry? how many packages of pasta? how many jars of pasta sauce? explain your reasoning.