SOLUTION: A few families took a trip to an amusement park together. Tickets cost $7.50 each for adults and $3.00 each for kids, and the group paid $45.00 in total. There were 8 fewer adults

Question 909345: A few families took a trip to an amusement park together. Tickets cost $7.50 each for adults and $3.00 each for kids, and the group paid $45.00 in total. There were 8 fewer adults than kids in the group.
Find the number of adults and kids on the trip.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x= No of kids
y= No of adults

1.00 x -1.00 y = 8.00 .............1

3.00 x + 7.50 y = 45.00 .............2
Eliminate y
multiply (1)by 7.50
Multiply (2) by 1.00
7.50 x -7.50 y = 60.00
3.00 x + 7.50 y = 45.00
Add the two equations
10.50 x = 105.00
/ 10.50
x = 10.00
plug value of x in (1)
1.00 x -1.00 y = 8.00
10.00 -1.00 y = 8.00
-1.00 y = 8.00 -10
-1.00 y = -2.00
y = 2.00 1
x= 10 No of kids
y= 2 No of adults
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