The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day, 2200 people enter the fair and $5050 is collected. How many children and how many adults attended?
1 Answer
Jan 4, 2016
First, write the two equations letting c=children and a=adults :
Explanation:
Now, use substitution ...
Simplify ...
Using the first equation ...
In summary, there were 700 adults and 1500 children .
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