document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=160273>Question 160273</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The admission fee at small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day, 2,200 people enter the fair and $5050 is collected. How many children and how many adults attended? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let A = number of adults<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then because a total of 2200 people entered:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2200-A = number of children<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the total collected was 5050:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5050 = 4A + 1.50(2200-A)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5050 = 4A + 3300 - 1.50A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5050 = 2.5A + 3300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1750 = 2.5A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "700 = A (number of adults)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "number of children:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2200-A = 2200-700 = 1500 <BR>\n" );
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