document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1000788>Question 1000788</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On a certain hot summers day , 376 people used the public swimming pool . The daily prices are $1.50 for children and $2.00 for adults. The receipts for admission totaled $636.00. How many children and how many adults swam at the public pool that day? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #618164 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=618164\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let c = no. of children<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let a = no. of adults<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write an equation for each statement<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\" On a certain hot summers day , 376 people used the public swimming pool .\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c + a = 376<BR>\n" );
document.write( " \"The daily prices are $1.50 for children and $2.00 for adults. The receipts for admission totaled $636.00.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.50c + 2.00a = 636.00<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many children and how many adults swam at the public pool that day? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "use elimination here<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply the 1st equation by 2, subtract the 2nd equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2c + 2a = 752<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5c + 2a = 636<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-----------------subtraction eliminates a find c<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".5c + 0 = 116<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 116/.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 232 children<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the no. of adults<BR>\n" );
document.write( "232 + a = 376<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 376 - 232<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 144 adults<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check the solution using the 2nd original equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5(232) + 2(144) = <BR>\n" );
document.write( "348 + 288 = $636 </SPAN>\n" );
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