SOLUTION: Admission to a neighborhood pool costs $2.50 for children and $4.50 for adults. The total number of children and adults that attended the pool for one day was 170. The total amount
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Question 1151473: Admission to a neighborhood pool costs $2.50 for children and $4.50 for adults. The total number of children and adults that attended the pool for one day was 170. The total amount of money collected for the day was $575. How many children and adults were at the pool?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
C+A=170 count equation
2.5C+4.5A=575 money equation
C=170-A
substitute
2.5(170-A)+4.5A=575
425-2.5A+4.5A=575
2A=150
A=75 ($337.50)
C=95 ($237.50)
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