Answer: The amount of money spent on gold star rides is $24.
Step-by-step explanation: Let, 'x' and 'y' denotes the number of premium rides and gold star rides respectively.
Then, according to the given information, we have
[tex]12x+8y=96~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(i)\\x=y+3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(ii)[/tex]
Substituting the value of 'x' from equation (ii) in equation (i), we get
[tex]12x+8y=96\\\\\Rightarrow 12(y+3)+8y=96\\\\\Rightarrow 12y+36+8y=96\\\\\Rightarrow 20y=60\\\\\Rightarrow y=3.[/tex]
So, the number of gold star rides = 4.
Therefore, the total amount of money that spent on gold star rides
= $(3 × 8)
= $ 24.
Thus, the answer is $ 24.
