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 automatically, which would find the cost of one adult and one child ticket
The first step in solving this problem automatically would be to set up a system of equations to represent the given information. Let's assume that the cost of one adult ticket is "x" dollars. Then, the cost of one child ticket would be "x - 3" dollars (as it is $3 less than the adult ticket).
So, the two equations would be:
3x + 3(x - 3) = 75 (equation representing the total cost of the tickets)
x - (x - 3) = 3 (equation representing the price difference between adult and child tickets)