document.write( "Question 838891: The admission fee at a fair is $2 for children and $4 for adults. On a certain day, 2,000 people enter the fair and $6,000 is collected. How many children and how many adults went to see the fair on that day? \r
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The admission fee at a fair is $2 for children and $4 for adults.
\n" ); document.write( "On a certain day, 2,000 people enter the fair and $6,000 is collected.
\n" ); document.write( " How many children and how many adults went to see the fair on that day?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let a = no. of adults
\n" ); document.write( "Let c = no. of children
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\n" ); document.write( "From the given information, we can derive two simple equations
\n" ); document.write( "the total no. of people
\n" ); document.write( "a + c = 2000
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "the total amt of $ received
\n" ); document.write( "4a + 2c = 6000
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\n" ); document.write( "You can use substitution or elimination, we will use elimination
\n" ); document.write( "multiply the 1st equation by 2 and subtract from the 2nd equation
\n" ); document.write( "4a + 2c = 6000
\n" ); document.write( "2a + 2c = 4000
\n" ); document.write( "-----------------subtraction eliminates c, find a
\n" ); document.write( "2a = 2000
\n" ); document.write( "a = 2000/2
\n" ); document.write( "a = 1000 adults
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\n" ); document.write( "It's a simple thing to find the no. of children, I'll let you do that
\n" ); document.write( "Check your solutions in the 2nd equation \n" ); document.write( "
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