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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The admission fee at an amusement park is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day, 2200 people entered the park, and the admission fees collected totaled $5,050.  How many children and how many adults were admitted?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$1.50 ticket DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of tickets used =  x  ;  value of these tickets = 1.5x dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$4.00 ticket DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of tickets used = 2200-x ; value of these tickets = 4(2200-x)=8800-4x dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "value + value = $5,050 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5x + 8800-4x = 5050<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2.5x = -3750<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1500 ( # of $1.50 tickets = # of children admitted)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2200-1500 = 700 (# of adults admitted)\r<BR>\n" );
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