7) Mr. Jones is taking his family to see a play. There are 10 people going to the play, and they take 2 cars. Mr. Jones pays \( \$ 5.50 \) for parking for each car. He pays the same price for each ticket. Mr. Jones is charged a total of \( \$ 142.00 \) for tickets and parking. What is the price of each ticket to the play?

To find the price of each ticket, we start by calculating the total parking cost. With 2 cars and a parking fee of \( \$ 5.50 \) per car, the total parking cost is: \[ 2 \times 5.50 = 11.00. \] Next, we subtract the parking cost from the total cost to find how much was spent on tickets: \[ 142.00 - 11.00 = 131.00. \] Now, we need to find the price of each ticket. Since there are 10 people going, we can divide the total ticket cost by the number of people: \[ \text{Price of each ticket} = \frac{131.00}{10} = 13.10. \] Thus, the price of each ticket to the play is \( \$ 13.10 \).