SOLUTION: The admission fee at an amusement park is $3.75 for children and $5.00 for adults. On a certain day, 305 people entered the park, and the admission fees collected totaled 1300 doll

Question 1124742: The admission fee at an amusement park is $3.75 for children and $5.00 for adults. On a certain day, 305 people entered the park, and the admission fees collected totaled 1300 dollars. How many children and how many adults were admitted?

Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
c = number of children tickets sold
a = number of adult tickets sold

a + c = 305
5a + 3.75c = 1300

Multiply the first equation by 5.

5a + 5c = 1525
5a + 3.75c = 1300

We get 1.25c = 225, or c = 180.

There were 180 childrens' tickets and 125 adult tickets.
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