document.write( "Question 1127503: The total number of passengers riding a certain city bus during the morning shift is 1300. If the child's fare is $0.50, the adult fare is $1.50, and the total revenue from the fares in the morning shift is $1450, how many children and how many adults rode the bus during the morning shift?
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document.write( "Let x be the number of adults under the question.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the number of children is (1300-x).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The money equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    0.5*(1300-x) + 1.50*x = 1450    dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve for x step by step :\r\n" );
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document.write( "    650 - 0.5x + 1.5x = 1450\r\n" );
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document.write( "    1.5x - 0.5x = 1450 - 650\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x = 800.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  800 adults and 1300 - 800 = 500 children.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Check.   0.5*500 + 1.5*800 = 1450  dollars.    ! Correct !\r\n" );
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