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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The admission fee for a fair is $3 for children and $5 for adults. On a certain day, 2600 people enter the fair and $9600 is collected. How many children attended the fair?
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C+A=2600 OR C=2600-A
\n" ); document.write( "3C+5A=9600
\n" ); document.write( "3(2600-A)+5A=9600
\n" ); document.write( "7800-3A+5A=9600
\n" ); document.write( "2A=9600-7800
\n" ); document.write( "2A=1800
\n" ); document.write( "A=1800/2
\n" ); document.write( "A=900 ADULTS ANS.
\n" ); document.write( "C=2600-900
\n" ); document.write( "C=1700 CHILDREN ANS.
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\n" ); document.write( "3*1700+5*900=9600
\n" ); document.write( "5100+4500=9600
\n" ); document.write( "9600=9600
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