SOLUTION: The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day, 1,486 people enter the fair and $3,479 is collected. How many children and how many
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Question 1064669: The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day, 1,486 people enter the fair and $3,479 is collected. How many children and how many adults attended?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of children attended
Let = number of adults attended
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(1)
(2)
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Multiply both sides of (2) by
(2)
Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (1) from (2)
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(2)
(1)
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and
(1)
(1)
(1)
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500 adults attended
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check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
OK
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