document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=270719>Question 270719</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The admission fee for Knoebels amusement park is $5 for children and $9 for adults. On a certain day, 450 people enter the park and the admission fees collected totaled $3,050. How many children and how many adults were admitted?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(Here's what I tried):<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Variables:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c= Child admission<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a= Adult admission\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c+a=450<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5c+$9a=$3,050<BR>\n" );
document.write( "changed c+a=450 to c=450-a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "substitution:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5(450-a)+$9a=$3,050\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not sure if my equations are right. Based off of how I solved a similiar problem. And I don't know how to simplify from there.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Could you please tell me if I'm on the right track and if so, how to solve from where I stopped? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "c= Child admission<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a= Adult admission <BR>\n" );
document.write( "c+a=450<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5c+$9a=$3,050<BR>\n" );
document.write( "changed c+a=450 to c=450-a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "substitution:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5(450-a)+$9a=$3,050 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Not sure if my equations are right. Based off of how I solved a similiar problem. And I don't know how to simplify from there.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Could you please tell me if I'm on the right track and if so, how to solve from where I stopped?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So starting from where you left off:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5(450-a) + 9a = 3050\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2250 - 5a + 9a = 3050<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9a - 5a = 3050 - 2250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4a = 800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 200\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c = 450 - a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 450 - 200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 250<BR>\n" );
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