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The Buck Creek fire department served 250 dinners. A child's plate cost $5.50 and an adult's plate cost $9.00. A total of 1935 was collected. How many of each type
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Question 756848: Fundraising:
The Buck Creek fire department served 250 dinners. A child's plate cost $5.50 and an adult's plate cost $9.00. A total of 1935 was collected. How many of each type of plate was served.
Answer by sachi(548) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let there are x children so no of adults=250-x
as per question
x*5.5+(250-x)*9=1935
or 5.5x+2250-9x=1935
or -3.5x=1935-2250=-315
or x=315*3.5=90
so there are 90 children so no of adults=160
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